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Opinion of Farmers on Effectiveness of Farm Forestry Towards Sustainable Agricultural Development

MD. NURUL ISLAM
Department of Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University(BAU),Mymensingh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The main objective of this study was to find out the opinion of the farmers on effectiveness of farm forestry towards sustainable agricultural development. The other objectives were i) to determine the extent of adoption of farm forestry activities by the farmers, ii ) to determine and describe some of the selected characteristics of the farmers viz age, education, farm size, annual income, organizational participation, training attended, communication exposure, cosmopolite ness, innovative ness, farmers experience, fatalism, perception of sustainable agricultural development, knowledge of farm forestry, awareness on effectiveness of farm forestry on environment, and iii) to explore the relationship between the selected characteristics of the farmers and their opinion on effectiveness of farm forestry towards sustainable agricultural development. Data were obtained from 1 20 randomly selected respondents of eight villages of two upazilas i n Sirajgonj district during 4 August to 25 August 2001 . Twenty percent farm families were selected following the stratified random sampling method (considering the adoption of farmers farm forest ry i n eight villages) from a population of 600 for collecting data. Data were collected through personal interview using interview schedule.The average lands under farm forestry coverage were 0.52 ha. Eucal yptus, mahogany akash moni a nd rain tree were t he four important trees, which were used in the field crop. Abou t 60 percent and 65 percent of the respondents received primary a nd exi sting information about farm forestry from National Development Programme (NDP) respectively, 72 percent of the respondents established farm forestry by their own money and others had taken loan. Generally respondents did not face major problem to different crop production. Purchase of sapling 43.33 and 30 percent from N DP and private nursery, respectively. About 43.33 percent of farmers purchased sapling from NDP and 30 percent from private nursery. Majority (88 percent) of the farmers opined that fa nn forestry had moderately positive to highly positive effect of farm forestry towards sustainable agricultural development while the rest ( l 2 percent) opined for less positive effect of farm forestry. Correlation analysis indicates that t he characteristics of the farmers such as· education, farm size, annual income, communication exposure, cosmopolite ness, innovative ness, perception of sustainable agricultural development, knowledge of farm forestry, and awareness on effectiveness of farm forestry on environment had significant positive relationship and age, training attended , organizational participation, farming experience, and fatalism had non significant positive relationship with the opinion of the farmers on effectiveness of farm forestry towards sustainable agricultural development.

Keywords: Opinion, Farmers,Effectiveness, Farm forestry,Sustainable, Agricultural development

Location: Department of Agricultural Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University(BAU) Mymensingh.

Start Date: 04-08-2001

End Date: 25-08-2001

Program Area: Conservation and Biodiversity

Commodity: Tree

Objectives:

I. To determine and describe the extent of farmers practice of farm forestry in their crop field

II. To determine the opinion of farmers on effectiveness of farm forestry towards sustainable agricultural development

Ill. To explore relationship between the opinion of the farmers on effectiveness of farm forestry towards sustainable agricultural development and each of the selected characteristics of the farmers

Methodology:

Data were obtained from 120 randomly selected respondents of eight villages of two upazilas in Sirajgonj district during 4 August to 25 August 2001 . Twenty percent farm families were selected following the stratified random sampling method (considering the adoption of farmers farm forestry in eight villages) from a population of 600 for collecting data. Data were collected through personal interview using interview schedule.

Source of Information: M.S Thesis, Department of Agricultural Extension Education Faculty of Agriculture,Bangladesh Agricultural University,Mymensingh, 2001

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Achievement/Findings:

The average lands under farm forestry coverage were 0.52 ha. Eucalyptus, mahogany akash moni and raintree were the four important trees, which were used in the field crop. About 60 percent and 65 percent of the respondents received primary and existing information about farm forestry from National Development Programme (NDP) respectively, 72 percent of the respondents established farm forestry by their own money and others had taken loan. Generally respondents did not face major problem to different crop production. Purchase of sapling 43.33 and 30 percent from NDP and private nursery, respectively. About 43.33 percent of farmers purchased sapling from NDP and 30 percent from private nursery. Majority (88 percent) of the farmers opined that farm forestry had moderately positive to highly positive effect of farm forestry towards sustainable agricultural development while the rest ( l2 percent) opined for less positive effect of farm forestry. Correlation analysis indicates that the characteristics of the farmers such as· education, farm size, annual income, communication exposure, cosmopolite ness, innovative ness, perception of sustainable agricultural development, knowledge of farm forestry, and awareness on effectiveness of farm forestry on environment had significant positive relationship and age, training attended , organizational participation, farming experience, and fatalism had non significant positive relationship with the opinion of the farmers on effectiveness of farm forestry towards sustainable agricultural development.

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