CONTRIBUTION OF FLOATING VEGETABLE CULTIVATION ON FARM INCOME OF FARMERS

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to describe the selected characteristics of farmers engaging floating vegetable cultivation; to assess the extent of contribution of floating vegetable cultivation on farm income and to explore the contribution of the selected characteristics of farmers on their contribution of floating vegetable cultivation on farm income. The study was conducted with randomly selected 108 farmers in Hajigonj upazila of Chandpur district. A pre-tested interview schedule was used to collect data from the respondents during 3 th ix August, 2022 to 27 th September, 2022. Contribution of floating vegetable cultivation on farm income was dependent variable and ten selected characteristics of the respondents were treated as independent variables of the study. Multivariate regression used to examine the contribution of the selected characteristics of the respondents on the contribution of floating cultivation. The highest percentage (70.37%) of the farmers had medium Contribution of floating vegetable cultivation while 13.89 % of the farmers had low Contribution and 15.74 % of the farmers had high Contribution of floating vegetable cultivation on their farm income. Four characteristics of the respondent’s viz. age education, media exposure and knowledge on floating vegetable cultivation had significant contribution on the contribution of floating vegetable cultivation on farm income. The findings may help to motivate farmers to involve more with floating vegetable cultivation.