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Women Participation in Rooftop Gardening in Some Areas of Khulna City

S. Nasrin
Ex-student of MS in Agricultural Extension and Rural Development

M. M. Islam
2Associate Professor
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh.

M. A. Mannan
Professor
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh.

M. B. Ahmed
Professor
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna, Bangladesh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Khulna is the largest city corporation in the southwestern region of Bangladesh where rooftop gardening is gradually gaining popularity among the city dwellers. The main purpose of the study was to assess the extent of participation of women in rooftop gardening in Khulna city and to explore the relationship between each of the selected characteristics of women and their extent of participation in rooftop gardening. Primary data were collected from randomly selected 92 women during the period of 20 March to 10 April, 2018 at Rayermahal, Khalishpur, Daulatpur and Maheshwarpasha areas under Khulna city. Most (94.57%) of the women had medium participation, 3.26% had high participation, and 2.17% had low participation. Considering four aspects, the women had higher participation in preparatory stage (Participation Extent (PE) = 59.87%) whereas it was least in harvesting stage (PE = 34.06%). Considering the twenty issues under four aspects of rooftop gardening, the highest participation by the women was in watering the garden (PE = 88.04%) and no participation was in marketing (PE = 0%). Among ten selected characteristics level of education (P<0.05), agricultural training, attitude towards rooftop gardening, and knowledge about rooftop gardening (P<0.01) had significant positive relationships with participation of women in rooftop gardening. By designing women friendly extension approach for rooftop gardening barrier free participation of the city dwelling women should be fostered.

Keywords: Participation, Women, Rooftop gardening

Location: Khulna

Start Date: 20-03-2018

End Date: 10-04-2018

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Gender issue

Objectives:

1)   To determine the extent of women participation in rooftop gardening;
2)   To assess some selected characteristics of the women who participate in rooftop gardening; and
3)   To explore the relationship between the selected characteristics of the women and their extent of participation in rooftop gardening.

Methodology:

The study was conducted in Khulna which is a rapidly growing city in terms of multistoried building construction. A list of 200 female rooftop garden owners was prepared with the help of the concerned Sub-Assistant Agriculture Officers of the area of Rayermahal, Khalishpur, Daulatpur and Maheshwarpasha under the jurisdiction of Metropolitan Agriculture Office of Khulna city. Primary data were collected from randomly selected 92 (46% of the total number) women during the period from 20 March to 10 April, 2018. Data were collected through face-to- face interview using a pre-tested interview schedule containing both close and open type of questions. Participation of women in rooftop gardening was considered focus issue in this study and ten characteristics such as age, level of education, family size, annual family income, cosmopoliteness, extension contact, agricultural training, organizational participation, attitude towards rooftop gardening, and knowledge about rooftop gardening of the women were selected for the study. Participation score in rooftop gardening was determined by using the following formula:
PS = Nfr× 3 + Nso×2 + Nra× 1+ Nna × 0
Where,
PS= Participation Score
Nfr= No. of respondent participated frequently; Nso = No. of respondent participated sometimes; Nra= No. of respondent participated rarely
Nna= No. of respondent not at all participated

Participation index score (PIS) is the score obtained by an activity against all respondents. To compare the level of participation in four major aspects as well as twenty issues a participation extent (PE) for each of the four major aspects and twenty issues was calculated by using the following formula:
PE = OPS/PPS x 100

Where,
PE = Participation Extent
OPS = Observed Participation Score PPS = Possible Participation Score

As there were 92 women, so Participation Index Score (PIS) could range 0-276. Where ‘0’ indicated no participation and ‘276’ indicated the highest participation. Participation scores of a woman could range from 0 to 60, where 0 indicating no participation and 60 indicating the highest participation. On the basis of Participation Extent (PE), the four aspects as well as twenty issues were ranked to compare the level of participation by the women in selected aspect and issues. The statistical measures such as number, percentage, mean, standard deviation, minimum, maximum, rank order were used for describing the variables. The analysis was performed using statistical software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). Spearman rho Coefficient of Correlation (ρ) was employed in order to explore the relationships between the concerned variables.

Source of Information: Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 44(2): 327-337, June 2019 SSN 0258-7122 (Print), 2408-8293 (Online)

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Achievement/Findings:

Almost all of the women had medium to high participation in rooftop gardening. The women had higher participation in preparatory stage and it was least in harvesting stage. Considering 20-issues under 4-aspects of rooftop gardening, the highest participation by the women was in watering the garden and no participation was in marketing.The findings revealed that level of education, agricultural training, attitude towards rooftop gardening and knowledge about rooftop gardening showed significant and positive relation with participation in rooftop gardening.Therefore, it may be concluded that the more the education, agricultural training, attitude towards rooftop gardening and knowledge about rooftop gardening the more the participation in rooftop gardening. Rooftop gardening should be considered as an important source of additional agricultural production by inspiring the barrier free participation of the city dwelling women by designing women friendly extension approach.

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