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Farmers’ Preparedness for Combating Flood in Fulchari Upazila of Gaibandha District

M.S. Miah
Former MS student
Dept. of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh.

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

M.Z. Rahman
Professor
Dept. of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The purpose of the study was to determine the extent of farmers’ flood preparedness and to explore the relationships between the selected characteristics of the farmers and their extent of flood preparedness. Field work for the study was conducted in Fulchari upazila under Gaibandha district. Data were collected from 112 selected farmers out of a population of 403, who were most flood affected farmers in the study area. Farmers’ flood preparedness was measured by considering six dimensions namely crop, livestock, fish, food and housing, health and sanitation, and security. Majority (77.28 percent) of the respondents had preparedness on food and housing, while 61.71 percent on crop, 50.30 percent on security, 42.78 percent on fish, 42.34 percent on livestock and only 16.07 percent had preparedness on health and sanitation. It was found that majority (73.2 percent) of the respondents had medium preparedness, while 14.3 percent and 12.5 percent had high and low preparedness, respectively. The correlation analysis showed that level of education, farm size, annual family income, extension media contact and social mobility had positive and significant relationships with the extent of farmers’ flood preparedness. On the other hand, age, family size, credit received, organization participation, and fatalism had no relationships with the extent of farmers’ flood preparedness.

Keywords: Flood, Preparedness, Combating flood, Farmers

Location: Fazlupur union of Fulchari upazila under Gaibandha district

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Program Area: Risk Management in Agriculture

Non-commodity: Flood

Objectives:

i) To determine and describe farmers’ preparedness for combating flood.

ii) To ascertain the problems of preparedness faced by the farmers during flood and ways of minimizing the problems.

iii) To explore relationships between selected characteristics of farmers and their flood preparedness.

Methodology:

The study was conducted in four selected villages in Fazlupur union of Fulchari upazila under Gaibandha district. Fulchari upazila is one of the most flood affected upazilas not only in Gaibandha district but also in Bangladesh. Fulchari Upazila is situated very near to Jamuna river. The selected villages were: Krisnomoni, Rasulpur, Khatiamarir char and Kalasona.The reason behind the selection was the fact that these were highly affected areas in the Fulchari upazila and thereby considered suitable for the study. The researcher himself prepared a list of most flood affected farmers of the selected villages. The total numbers of most flood affected farmers in these villages were 403, which constituted the population of the study. Solvin equation (Solvin, 1984) was used for sample size determination considering 8% error. A number of 112 farmers were selected at random by using a Table of Random Numbers. A reserve list of 11 farmers was also prepared. Farmers selected characteristics such as age, level of education, family size, farm size, annual family income, credit received, extension media contact, social mobility, organizational participation and fatalism were considered as independent variables. Extent of farmers’ flood preparedness was dependent variable of the study. Extent of flood preparedness was measured by considering six dimensions, namely crop, livestock, fish, food and housing, health and sanitation, and security. Total twenty-seven items of preparedness within six dimensions were selected to measure farmers’ preparedness. Farmers’ preparedness was measured on the basis of extent of flood preparedness, which they fallowed before flood condition. Extent of flood preparedness was determined on a 4-point rating scale namely full preparedness, moderate preparedness, less preparedness and no preparedness and weights were assigned 3, 2, 1 and 0 respectively. To calculate the total score of farmers’ extent of flood preparedness score for all the dimensions were added together. Thus, the extent of flood preparedness score of a respondent could range from 0 to 81, where 0 indicated no flood preparedness and 81 indicated highest level of flood preparedness taken by the farmers.

Source of Information: Bangladesh Journal of Extension Education,Volume 22, No. 1&2, 2010:103-109, ISSN 1011-3916

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Achievement/Findings:

The study reveals that majority (73.2 percent) of the farmers in the study area had medium flood preparedness while only 14.3 percent of them had high flood preparedness_.The overwhelming majority (70.5 percent) of the farmers was illiterate and 23.2 percent could sign only. There exists also a positive significant relationship between their education and their flood preparedness. The vast majority (64.3 percent) of the respondents had low annual family income. Annual family income of the respondents and farmers’ flood preparedness had a significant positive relationship. Social mobility of the respondents had a significant positive relationship with their flood preparedness. Slightly more than half (55.4 percent) of the respondents had medium social mobility. Social mobility of the respondents and farmers’ flood preparedness had a significant positive relationship. Through social mobility farmers can come in contact with many individuals and exchange ideas, facts and feelings with them. Hence, arrangements may be made for recreational facilities outside own locality so that farmers get opportunities for increasing social mobility.

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