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Some Socio-economic Aspects of Rice Farmers in Tangail District

A. R. Molla
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

This paper determines the soclo-eccnomic condition of rice farmers in the District of Tangall. The farmers within the category-B (> 1.20 ha. ) are holding 50% of the land, although they constituted only 20% of the farmers and in parallel this category used land more intensively than the category-A (O.01-1.20ha.). None of the sampled farms used pesticides. Eighty-one percent and 20% of the sampled farmers used HYV seeds and fertilizer respectively. In respect of credit information 84% ( mostly in the category-A) cited different problems for not using credit for production purposes.

Keywords: HYV, Credit utilization. Use of pesticides

Location: Akashl, Malauri. Pandura, Boali and Tengri of Modhupur Upazila of Tangail District

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Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Credit

Objectives:

To identify the socio- economic conditions and factors which are influencing the economic performance of different categories of farmers as well as farmers as a whole in the study area.

Methodology:

Data were collected form 5 selected villages namely, Akashl, Malauri. Pandura, Boali and Tengri of Modhupur Upazila of Tangail District during the months of February to April, 1983. A total of 104 farms our of 628 farm families were surveyed and 98 farms were used for estimation purposes with 80 of these being in the category A ( 0.01 -1.20 ha. ) and the rest, 18 being in B ( > 1.20 ha,). The farmers were selected through a stratified weighted random sampling procedure. The sample represented about 15% of the total families of the study area.

Source of Information: Bangladesh J. Agril. Sci. 17 (2) : 283-287: July, 1990 :ISSN 0379-4296

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Achievement/Findings:

The farmers within the category-B (> 1.20 ha. ) are holding 50% of the land, although they constituted only 20% of the farmers and in parallel this category used land more intensively than the category-A (O.01-1.20ha.). None of the sampled farms used pesticides. Eighty-one percent and 20% of the sampled farmers used HYV seeds and fertilizer respectively. In respect of credit information 84% ( mostly in the category-A) cited different problems for not using credit for production purposes.

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