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Farmers’ Knowledge of Improved Practice in Soybean Cultivation

M.Z. Hossain
Ex-MS Student
Dept. of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh

M.A.M. Miah
Professor
Dept. of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh

M.N. Islam
Professor
Graduate Training Institute (GTI), Mymensingh

M. N. Uddin
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Agricultural Extension Education, BAU, Mymensingh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The purpose of the study was to determine the farmers’ knowledge of improved practices in soybean cultivation. One hundred and ten growers were selected randomly from a total of 1100 growers from ten villages under three Unions of Sadar upazila of Noakhali district. An interview schedule was used for collection of data during 20 July to 30 August 2006. The finding indicates that highest proportion (56.36%) of the growers had low knowledge compared to 38.18% medium knowledge, 5.46% high knowledge of improved practices in soybean cultivation. Level of education, family size, annual family income, and cosmopoliteness had positive and significant relationships with their knowledge of improved practices in soybean cultivation On the other hand; age, farm size, extension media contact, and innovativeness had no relationships with the same regard. The knowledge of improved practices was mostly hindered due to less irrigation facilities, high input cost, non availability of credit, less scope for consuming as food, lack of technical information, non availability of land for soybean cultivation, less scope of marketing, less market price of soybean etc.

Keywords: Knowledge, Farmers, Improved practice.

Location: Ten villages under three Unions of Sadar Upazila of Noakhali district.

Start Date: 20-07-2006

End Date: 30-08-2006

Program Area: Knowledge Management

Non-commodity: Adoption of technology

Objectives:

To determine farmers’ knowledge of improved practices in soybean cultivation,
To explore the relationship between the selected characteristics of farmers and their knowledge and
To identify the problems confrontation of improved practices in soybean cultivation.

Methodology:

The study was conducted in ten villages under three Unions of Sadar Upazila of Noakhali district. All the soybean growers of the selected villages constituted the population of the study. A list of the growers of these villages was prepared with the help of local Sub-Assistant Agricultural Officer (SAAO) of the concerned area. The number of soybean growers in the specified villages was found 1100. Out of them 10% of the population were selected following random sampling method. Thus, 110 soybean growers were considered as the sample of the study. In order to collect relevant information for the study, an interview schedule was prepared carefully keeping the objectives of the study in mind. Knowledge of a respondent was measured by asking 20 questions related to improved practices in soybean cultivation. It was measured in score. A score of 2 was assigned for each correct answer, 1 for partially correct answer and 0 (zero) for the wrong answer. However, for correct response to all the questions, a respondent can get a total score of 40, while for wrong response to all the questions he can get ‘0’ (zero), ‘0’ indicating no knowledge and 40 indicating high knowledge of improved practices in soybean cultivation.

Source of Information: Bangladesh Journal of Extension Education ISSN 1011-3916 Volume 18, No.1&2, 2006:67-72

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Achievement/Findings:

Knowledge in soybean cultivation of the growers was not satisfactory level. GOs and NGOs should take initiative for providing education, training, group discussion, motivational tour etc. Findings of the study revealed that level of education, family size, annual family income, and Cosmopoliteness had positive and significant relationship with their knowledge of improved practices in soybean cultivation. On the other hand, age, farm size, extension media contact, and innovativeness had no relationship with the same regard. Through agricultural knowledge, an individual grower becomes aware of the recent information on various aspects of improved practices in soybean cultivation. Consequently, they become motivated to adopt the improved practices in soybean cultivation. Unless arrangements are made for increasing the agricultural knowledge of the soybean growers, their adoption of improved practices in soybean cultivation would be hampered.

Knowledge Management: Journal