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Effect of Integrated Pest Management Club Activities on the Process of Farmer’s Empowerment in Rice Production System

M. L. Haider
Department of Agricultural Extension, Khamarbari, Farmgate, Dhaka-1215

M. E. Haque
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Salna, Gazipur-1706

A. K. Das
Department of Agricultural Extension, Khamarbari, Farmgate, Dhaka-1215

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The purpose of the study was to determine the extent of empowerment of the farmers in rice production after joining the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) club activities. Empowerment of the respondents was measured by some indicators such as access to resources, decision making in production issues, decision making in pest management issues, access to marketing facilities, technology adoption, technology dissemination, participation in income generation activities, coping strategies in vulnerability, participation in social activities and communication exposure. Composite empowerment index (CEI) was the out come of all indicators of empowerment. The study revealed that the indexes of the said parameters significantly improved after joining the IPM club activities. After the step wise regression the most significant variables concerned to the empowerment in rice production were identified as education, knowledge on IPM, age, practice of IPM, organizational participation and family size. The most important problems in the process of farmer’s empowerment were located as poor resources and capital, lack of awareness, incapable in decision-making process, disinterest in technology adoption and dissemination, poor understanding about the future benefit of IPM, less access to marketing facilities, insufficient training and education, lack of farmers active organization, insufficient publicity through different media and lack of coordination between the farmers and extension workers.

Keywords: Integrated Pest Management (IPM), Mean Empowerment Index (MEI), Cumulative Empowerment Index (CEI)

Location: Eight districts under Rajshahi region three districts

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Program Area: Pest Management

Commodity: Rice

Objectives:

To determine the prospects of IPM club activities in the farmers empowerment process for rice production system
To find out the problems of farmers empowerment in relation to the IPM club activities

Methodology:

The research was conducted by taking great care for using appropriate methods in all aspects of investigation. Research Design: The research design of the study was a descriptive survey research. To achieve the aforesaid objectives, the study was conducted in different steps. Firstly, the selected characteristics of the respondents were studied and secondly, the extent of farmer’s achievement in IPM club was determined by investigating before joining and after joining IPM club situation. To collect relevant information from different sources (e.g, respondents and secondary sources), several methods (such as interview, focus group discussion and systematic study of available records) were used. Study area: Among the eight districts under Rajshahi region three districts viz: Rajshahi, Natore and Pabna were purposively selected as because rice is widely grown in these districts. Finally, six upazilas two from each district were randomly selected as the locale of the study. Unit of analysis: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) club members in rice production were treated as the unit of analysis for this study. Population and Sampling design: Two Upazilas from each district were selected. The IPM clubs those have been established in the year 2006 and have received financial support from SPPS project in the six selected Upazilas were taken purposively. The total number of such IPM clubs was 21. Fifteen IPM clubs out of these 21 were selected randomly. All members of these 15 IPM clubs under six selected Upazilas were the population of the study. However, representative sample from the population were taken for collection of data through simple random sampling method. A list of 365 IPM club members was collected from six Upazilas Agriculture Officer. One hundred and fifty farmers (IPM club members) were then selected using random sampling technique taking 10 farmers from each IPM club. Development of Interview Schedule: The interview schedule was designed to gather information related to socio-economic, demographic as well as empowerment aspects of farmers. Validity: Validity of a test refers to the accuracy with which it measures that which intended to measure. In order to test the validity the instrument were sent to a panel of 12 experts from BSMRAU, SAU, BARC, FAO and DAE seeking opinions, corrections, modifications and comments. Thus the instrument was finalized. Pre-testing in collecting data also enhanced the validity and quality of the study. Reliability: Reliability, on the other hand, means the extent to which a measure, procedure or instrument yields the same results on a repeated trials. Test, retest and split-half methods were used to confirm the reliability. A positive and significant correlation was found that indicates the test was reliable. Final version of the interview schedule: The final version of the instrument was revised on the basis of reliability, opinion, suggestions and comments of the experts. Data collection: Before going to the respondents for interview, they were duly informed earlier with the help of SAAO, so that they might be available at their respective residence during the schedule time. Interview schedule was used for this purpose. In addition to the direct interviewing, PRA (Matrix ranking), FGD (Focus Group Discussion) and few case studies were used to collect qualitative data to interpret the result.

Source of Information: Int. J. Expt. Agric. 2(1):30-36 (2011)

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Funding Source:

1. Government

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Achievement/Findings:

Mean empowerment index of all the selected indicators were increased significantly after joining IPM club, where percent increased regarding decision making in pest management issues was 100% followed by participation in social activities (96.69), access to resources (73.39) and so on. The cumulative empowerment index was found significantly higher (69.91%) in post situation than the pre situation which implies that IPM club played an important role in empowering farmers in rice production though they had some limitations.

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