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Practices of Integrated Pest Management Use by the Farmers

M. A. Islam
Extension officer
VARD, Sylhet

M. A. Hossain
Professor
Dept. of Agricultural Extension Education, BAU, Mymensingh

M. Z. Alam
Lecturer
Dept. of Agricultural Extension & Information System, SAU, Dhaka-1207

M. R. Amin
Lecturer
Dept. of Basic & Social Science, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet.

M. A. Bashar
Lecturer
Dept. of Agricultural Extension & Information System, SAU, Dhaka-1207

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The purpose of the study was to determine practices of IPM use by the farmers and to explore the relationship between the selected characteristics of the farmers and their use of IPM practices. The selected characteristics were: Age, Education, Family size, farm size, training received, annual family income, extension media contact and agricultural knowledge. The study was conducted in Birampur Upazila under Dinajpur district. Data were collected from randomly selected 108 farmers using an interview schedule. Pearson's product Moment Correlation was used for the statistical analysis. The findings revealed that majority (97.3%) of the respondents had medium to high use of IPM practices. Only 2.7 percent of the respondents had low use of IPM practices. However, use of practice of IPM in crop production by the farmers had positive significant relationship with their education and contact with extension media exposure, while age of the respondents had significant negative relationships with their practices. Among the five selected IPM practices, the farmers were found having good extent of use of IPM practices. Among the 5 identified IPM practices "chemical control" ranked first and 2^nd, 3^rd, 4^th and 5^th position in the rank order were "control by cultivation", "cultivation of pest resistant variety", "mechanical control" and "biological control" respectively.

Keywords: Integrated pest management, Cheimcal control, Pest resistant variety, Mechanical cortrol, Biological control

Location: Birampur Upazila, Dinajpur

Start Date: 15-09-2005

End Date: 15-10-2005

Program Area: Pest Management

Commodity: IPM

Objectives:

1. To determine practices of IPM by the farmers in crop production,

2. To determine and describe some selected characteristics of farmers,

3. To explore the relationship between the selected characteristics and the extent of use of practices of IPM by the farmers.

Methodology:

The study was conducted in Birampur Upazila under Dinajpur district. A significant number of people of this upazila were IPM farmers. 108 farmers were selected from 225 of IPM trained farmers by using a table of Random Numbers. An interview schedule was used for collecting related, valid and reliable information from the selected respondents. Data were collected during 15 September to 15 October 2005. After collection of field information they were compiled, tabulated and analyzed and categorized appropriately, practices of IPM use by the farmers was considered as dependent variable and Age, Education, Family size, farm size, training received, annual family income, extension media contact and agricultural knowledge were considered as independent variables of the study which were measured appropriately. Age was measured by the period of time of the respondents from his birth to the time of interview. Education was measured by actual years of formal schooling received from the educational institute. Family size of the respondents measured by the total members of the family including the respondents himself, children and other dependents those, used to live, eat and act together in a family unit. Farm size of the respondent measured by the total area of land on which his family carried out farming operation. Practices of IPM use by the farmers (dependent variable) were measured on the basis of their use of different kinds of elements of IPM practices. The practice scores of the respondents were computed on the basis of the respondents' use of five (5) elements of IPM practices. A four point rating scale namely frequently, occasionally, rarely and not at all was used which were assigned scores 3, 2, 1, 0 respectively. An effort was also made to compare the relative use of IPM practices. The collected data were coded in numerical numbers, compiled, tabulated and analyzed keeping the objectives of study in mind. To categorizing and explaining the selected personal characteristics of the respondents some statistical measures such as range, mean, percentage, and standard deviation were used. To explore the relationship between the selected personal characteristics of the respondents with their practices of IPM in crop production Pearson's Product Moment correlation coefficients were used.

Source of Information: JOURNAL OF SHER-E-BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, Vol. 01 (1), July 2007, pp. 90-98.

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Achievement/Findings:

The findings revealed that majority (97.3 %) of the respondents had medium to high practices of IPM use in crop production. Only 2.7 percent of the respondents had low practices. However, use of practice of IPM in crop production by the farmers had positive significant relationship with their education and contact with extension media exposure, while age of the respondents had significant negative relationships with their practices. Therefore, it may be concluded that extension media exposure increases farmer's knowledge and favorable attitude towards the practices of IPM use in crop production which help the farmers to reduce indiscriminate use of chemicals. The findings reveal that family size, farm size, annual family income, training received by the farmers and agricultural knowledge of respondents had no significant relationships with their practices of IPM uses in crop production. In view of this fact it may be concluded that extension program should be taken by giving same priority of all categories of farmers irrespective of family size and farm size, annual income, training received and agricultural knowledge to increase IPM practices among the farmers. Among the five selected IPM practices, the farmers were found having good extent of use of IPM practices for a number of practices. Again practices do not exert immediate benefits and somewhat complex in nature were found relatively less popular. So, it may be concluded that appropriate motivational campaign is necessary for making farmers understand benefits of use of all IPM practices.

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