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Farmers' Knowledge on the Use of Indigenous Technical Knowledge for Crop Protection

M. A. Mamun
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh.

M. K. Islam
Central Laboratory, Patuakhali Science and Technology University, Dumki, Patuakhali.

M. Rokonnzzamam
Department of Basic Science (Agricultural Extension), Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chittagong, Bangladesh.

M. M. Rashid
Department of Agricultural Extension, Khamarbari, Farmgate, Dhaka- I 215.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The purposes of this study were to identify the Indigenous Technical Know ledges (ITKs) being used by the farmers for crop protection and to determine their selected characteristics, namely age, education, farm size, annual income, cosmopolite ness, extension media contact, organizational affiliation, rationality. The study also explored the relationships between farmers' selected characteristics with their knowledge on ITK for crop protection. The study was conducted in Chawkmoiram and Hatnagar villages of Dhamoirhat upazilla under Naogaon district. Data were collected from a sample of randomly selected 100 farmers out of a total population of 1093. The data were collected through personal interview by using an interview schedule during the period from February to March 2004. Finding revealed that majority of the farmers (64 percent) had high knowledge compared to 34 percent medium, I percent low knowledge, and I percent very high knowledge on !TK. Correlation analysis indicated that seven characteristics of farmers, namely education, annual income, farm size, cosmopolite ness, organizational affiliation, extension media contact and rationality had significant positive relationships with their knowledge on use of ITK. Only age had no relationship with their knowledge on use of ITK.

Keywords: Indigenous,Technical knowledge, Crop protection

Location: Chawkmoiram and Hatnagar villages of Dhamoirhat upazila under Naogaon district

Start Date: 00-02-2004

End Date: 00-03-2004

Program Area: Knowledge Management

Commodity: Rice

Objectives:

To identify the Indigenous Technical Know ledges (ITKs) being used by the farmers for crop protection and to determine their selected characteristics,

Methodology:

The study was conducted in Chawkmoiram and Hatnagar villages of Dhamoirhat upazila under Naogaon district. Data were collected from a sample of randomly selected 100 farmers out of a total population of 1093. The data were collected by using an interview schedule during February to March 2004. The knowledge of a farmer on various aspects of use of ITK for crop protection was measured using a test that consisted of various forms. In order to measure the knowledge of a respondent about the use of ITK for crop protection, a scale was constructed. Each respondent was asked to answer all the 10 questions. A respondent could get a score of 4 against each item for correct response, 3 for near correct response, 2 for partial by correct response, 1 for very little correct response and zero (0) for wrong response. The summation of obtained scores against 10 questions about the use of ITK for crop protection was used as the knowledge score of the respondent. Thus, knowledge score of a respondent could range from Zero (0) to forty (40); where zero indicating no knowledge and 40 indicating very high knowledge of a respondent. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient (r) were computed to examine the relationship between the concerned variables.

Source of Information: J. Patuakhali Sci. and Tech. Univ. 2009, 1 (2): 183-189 ISSN 1996-4501

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Achievement/Findings:

The study revealed that majority of the respondents (98 %) had high knowledge on use of ITK. It may be due to the fact that almost all the respondents were involved in practicing ITK in their crop field. Knowledge of the respondents had significant positive relationship with their education, annual income, farm size, cosmopolite ness, organizational affiliation, extension media exposure and rationality. Therefore, it may be concluded that the knowledge is valuable national resource; its systems are dynamic and continually influenced by internal creativity and experimentation as well as by contact with external systems .

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