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Opinion of the Elected Union Parishad Female Members on the Suitability of Selected Agricultural Entrepreneurship$ for Farm Women

A.B.M. Nurul Anwar
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh.

M.R. Islam
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh.

M.J. Abedin
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The purpose of this article was to determine i) the opinion of the elected Union Parishad (UP) Female members on the suitability of selected agricu:tural entrepreneurships for the farm women of their area, ii) the ten selected characteristics of UP female members; and iii) the relationships between the selected characteristics of the UP female members and their opinion on the suitability of the selected agricultural entrepreneurships. About 45 per cent of the UP female members of six selected thanas in Mymensingh district constituted the sample of this piece of research. Eighteen possible entrepreneurships were selected to measures the opinion of ihe elected female leaders on the suitability of each of these entrepreneurships. Suitability Index (SI) was developed to measure the opinion of the female leaders. The Sl of 18 agricultural enterpreneurships ranged from 70 to 249 against a possible range of 0 to 300. Opinion of the female leaders through Sl revealed that •cultivation of fruits (208)', 'vaccination of poultry (203)' and boiling and drying of paddy (200) were the top five suitable entrepreneurships in rank order for the rural women in their area. Out of ten independent variables only decision-making in family matters was positively correlated.

Keywords: Opinion, Elected Up Female members, Agricultural entrepreneurships, Suitability Index (SI)

Location: Six selected thanas in Mymensingh district

Start Date: 00-01-1998

End Date: 00-01-1998

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Analysis and interpretations

Objectives:

To explore relationships between the selected characteristics of the elected female rural leaders and their opinion on the suitability of selected agricultural entrepreneurships.

Methodology:

The six thanas of Mymensingh district, namely, Mymensingh Sadar, Muktagachha, Gaffargaon, Bhaluka, lshwarganj and Phulpur were the locale of this research. In the six thanas 195 women successfully became the members of Union Parishad through direct election in January 1998. The elected female leaders constituted the population of this study. In order to have a sample, 45 per cent female elected members were selected by proportionate random method from each thana. Thus, 89 elected female members costitionated the sample for this piece of research. Data were collected through interview-schedule in January 1999. The opinion on the suitability as perceived by the elected members in eighteen agricultural entrepreneurships was the dependent variable of this study. The ten selected characteristics of the female members namely age, education, general knowledge on homestead agriculture, training experience, family size, family farm size, family income, decision-making role in family matters, innovative-proneness and leadership outlook constituted the independent variables for this study.

Source of Information: Bangladesh J. Agril. Sci. 26(2): 337-342, July, 1999

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Achievement/Findings:

Suitability Index (SI) was developed to measure the opinion of the female leaders. The Sl of 18 agricultural enterpreneurships ranged from 70 to 249 against a possible range of 0 to 300. Opinion of the female leaders through Sl revealed that •cultivation of fruits (208)', 'vaccination of poultry (203)' and boiling and drying of paddy (200) were the top five suitable entrepreneurships in rank order for the rural women in their area. Out of ten independent variables only decision-making in family matters was positively correlated.

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