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Farmers' Management Orientation: a Study in Some Selected Villages of Haor Areas of Northeast Bangladesh

M.A. Muttaleb
Senior Scientific Officer
Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Regional Station, Habiganj

M.A. Kashem
Professor
Dept. of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

M.A. Islam
Senior Scientific Officer
Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture, Mymensingh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The objectives of this study were to ascertain the management orientation of farmers and to identify the contributing factors of management orientation. Data were collected from 250 farmers of 15 villages of Pukhra union of Baniachang Upazila under Habiganj district during June 2004 to February 2005. Results indicated that a great majority of the farmers (90%) had low to medium management orientation while 10% had high management orientation. Among the characteristics of the farmers, aspiration (38.03%), pest hazard awareness (07.00%), supervision of rice cultivation practices (03.50%), education (02.60%) and innovation proneness (02.10%) were identified as the best predictors of management orientation. Combined contribution of these characteristics was 53.70% to the total explained variation of 58.90%.

Keywords: Farmers, Farm management, Orientation, Haor

Location: Habiganj district

Start Date: 00-06-2004

End Date: 00-02-2005

Program Area: Knowledge Management

Non-commodity: Management

Objectives:

To determine farmers' management orientation along with related factors.

Methodology:

Fifteen villages of Pukhra union of Baniachang upazila under Habiganj district were selected by multistage sampling procedure. Among the selected villages, 250 farmers were selected out of 1061. Sample size of farmers was determined with formula as quoted in Mortoza (2002). Data were collected through pre-tested interview schedule by face-to-face interview procedure during June 2004 to February 2005. Farmers' management orientation was the dependent variable and 15 selected characteristics of the farmers were considered as independent variables. The selected characteristics included: age, education, family education, family size, information sources use, supervision of rice cultivation practices, farm size, annual income, credit use, farm mechanization index, cosmopoliteness, social participation, innovation proneness, level of aspiration and awareness about pest hazards. These independent variables were measured with the available scales developed by earlier authors with necessary modification whenever needed. Management orientation has been defined as the degree to which a farmer is oriented towards scientific farm management comprising planning, production and marketing functions of his farm. Management orientation was measured with the scale consisting of 16 items. Among these 16 items, each of 5 items were related to planning and production. On the contrary, 6 items were related to marketing. All sixteen items were arranged randomly to avoid bias response with negative and positive form. The respondent was asked to indicate his responses against each item in strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree, strongly disagree. Weights of 5,4,3, 2 and 1 were assigned for strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree, strongly disagree respectively for the positive items and reverse weights were assigned for the negative items. Overall management orientation score of a farmer was determined by adding scores for his responses to all the 16 items of the scale. Thus, management orientation score of a farmer could range from 16 to 80, 16 indicated very low management orientation while 80 indicated very high management orientation. Data were analyzed according to the objectives with Excel and SPSS packages.

Source of Information: Bangladesh Journal of Extension Education Volume 19, No. 1&2, 2007:51-56; ISSN 1011-3916

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Achievement/Findings:

Farmers' management orientation is one of the important key factors of efficient crop production as well as profitable farming. But aforementioned findings indicate that management orientation level of the farmer were not promising. So, it is essential to improve the management orientation of the farmers in respect of production system, inputs and technology use through training and demonstration to utilize their resources efficiently by the concern extension agencies. Farmers aspiration, pest hazard awareness, supervision of rice cultivation practices, education, innovation proneness, family size, age and credit use were found positive and significant factors of management orientation. For the improvement of farmers management ability above mentioned factors may be considered during initiation and execution of various programmes for successful farm management along with sustainable food production by the extension agencies.

Knowledge Management: Journal