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Training Need of Rural Women Participating in Income Generating Activities of Sus

S. Yesmin
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

M. Z. Rahman
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

M. A. M. Miah
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

S. Akhter
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The purposes of the study were to determine the extent of training need of rural women participating in IGAs supported by SUS (Sabalamby Unnayan Samity) and to relate the training need with their selected characteristics. Data were collected from 105 respondents of ten villages of Sadar Upazila of Netrokona district through interview schedule in April 2007. Most of the respondents were in high need of training for their better performance and participation in IGAs of SUS. The relationships between their characteristics and training need were tested by computing the co-efficient of correlation. Education, farm size, participation in IGAs and credit received were found positively correlated with their training need whereas age of the respondents showed negative significant relationship with their extent of training need.

Keywords: Rural women, Training needs, IGAs, SUS

Location: Netrokona Sadar upazila, Netrokona district, Bangladesh

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Program Area: Resource Development and Management

Non-commodity: Gender issue

Objectives:

(a) To determine the extent of training needs of rural women participating in IGAs supported by SUS and

(b) To relate the training needs of rural women and their ten selected personal characteristics.

Methodology:

The study area was confined to the Sadar upazila of Netrokona district where the SUS headquarter is located. Among the 54 groups of women in Amtala union (19 percent of these groups were randomly selected) 10 groups were selected for the study by double stage sampling followed by proportionate stratified random sampling method. Ten personal characteristics of the respondents were selected as independent variables for the study. These were their age, education, family size, farm size, annual family income, training experience, credit received, exposure to information, perception of IGAs and participation in IGAs. Extent of training need of rural women in carrying out income generating activities was the dependent variable of this study. This variable was measured by the training need sub-scores based on the four major areas of IGAs namely homestead vegetable production, nursery establishment, livestock and poultry rearing and others. Data were collected from the sampled rural women by using structured interview schedule during 04 to 30 April 2007. Descriptive statistical tests such as number, percentage distribution, range, and standard deviation were used. Correlation analysis was computed to explore the relationships between dependent and independent variables.

Source of Information: Progress. Agric. 18(2) : 271-278, 2007 ISSN 1017-8139

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Achievement/Findings:

Based on the major findings of the study and their logical interpretations, the following conclusions were drawn : Most of the respondents (92 %) had high training need for income generation activities of SUS and the highest training need of the respondents were in the area of cottage and handicraft production. So, there remained greater scope to provide training programs concerning IGAs with special emphasis on cottage and handicraft production. SUS may arrange more IGA-based training immediately Among the respondents 37% were young. Finding shows that the younger women needed more training regarding IGAs than that of older ones. SUS may take care of age of their beneficiaries in designing the training program. Majority of the respondents were illiterate and had marginal to small farm size. Training need had positive significant relationships with the level of education and farm size of the women. So, education and farm size were highly influential to the extent of training needs of the rural women participating in IGAs. SUS, along with other NGOs, can provide formal or informal literacy programs before going for implementing IGA-based training. Majority of the respondents (43%) had high participation in IGAs. Correlation indicates that the women participated in more IGAs needed more training facilities regarding IGAs. Hence, there should have substantial and continuous training support for the SUS beneficiaries in order to harvest proper benefit out of further participation in IGAs.

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