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Attitude of Common Interest Group Members Towards National Agricultural Technology Programme (phase-i) Interventions

Md. Masud Rana
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh

Mohammad Golam Farouque
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh

Md. Zulfikar Rahman
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Faculty of Agriculture, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The main purpose of the study was to determine Common Interest Group members’ attitude towards National Agricultural Technology Programme (NATP) (phase-I) interventions in the selected areas of Mymensingh district and to explore the relationships between eleven selected characteristics of the CIG members and their attitude towards NATP (phase-I) interventions. A total of 110 CIG members were selected from CIG groups reside in Bailor and Rampur unions of Trishal upazila following simple random sampling technique. Data were collected during 23 September to 20 October, 2018 using a structured interview schedule through face-to-face interview method by the principal author himself. Data were analyzed with a combination of descriptive statistics and inferential statistical technique. Eleven selected characteristics of the CIG members namely; age, education, household size, farm size, annual income, farming experience, organizational participation, training received, credit received, agricultural subsidy received and extension media contact were considered to show relationships with their attitude towards NATP (phase-I) interventions. The majority (60%) of the CIG members had highly favourable attitude towards NATP (phase-I) interventions compared to 39.09% of the respondents had moderately favourable attitude and only 0.91% of the respondents had slightly favourable attitude towards NATP (phase-I) interventions. Correlation analyses indicated that the farm size, annual income, agricultural subsidy received and extension media contact had significant positive relationships with respondents attitude towards NATP (phase-I) interventions. So, these four characteristics had significant contributions on the attitude of CIG members. Age, education, household size, farming experience, organizational participation, training received and credit received had no significant relationship with respondents attitude towards NATP (phase-I) interventions. So, these characteristics had no significant contributions on the attitude of CIG members. The CIG members were found with very much enthusiastic about NATP (phase-I) interventions that could help policy makers to continue their efforts on that issue

Keywords: Attitude, NATP, CIG, Interventions

Location: Grater Mymensingh district, Bangladesh

Start Date: 23-09-2018

End Date: 20-10-2018

Program Area: Knowledge Management

Non-commodity: Attitude

Objectives:

To determine the attitude of Common Interest Group (CIG) members towards National Agricultural Technology Programme (NATP) (phase-I) interventions and to explore relationships between the selected characteristics of CIG members and their attitude towards NATP (phase-I) interventions

Methodology:

The study was conducted in two unions namely Bailor and Rampur union of Trishal upazila under Mymensingh district. The selected unions had communication facilities and were under the supervision of DAE. The population of the study was the CIG members who received extension services under NATP. There were total 12 unions in Trishal upazila. Each union had 10 CIG groups. So, there were 20 CIG groups in the study area. Each group consists of 20 members. So, the number of total population is 400. Among the CIG members 110 members were sampled randomly as the sample of the study which was about 28% of the population. From Bailor union the CIG members were sampled randomly from the villages named Sommukh Bailor and Dulalbari and from Rampur union the CIG members were sampled randomly from the village called Birrampur. The villages were sampled randomly by the researcher for the convenience of the study. Data were collected from the respondents by the researcher using structured interview schedule from the period of 23 September to 20 October 2018. The 11 selected characteristics of CIG members were age, education, household size, farm size, annual income, farming experience, organizational participation, training received, credit received, agricultural subsidy received and extension media contact. Appropriate methods were used to operationalize the CIG members’ characteristics by developing suitable scales. For measuring the attitude of the respondents a five point Likert scale (Likert, 1932) was used. There were 19 statements including both positive and negative to avoid biasness of the respondents. Specific score was assigned to measure the attitude of CIG members such as 4, 3, 2, 1 and 0 for strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree and strongly disagree respectively (Ulla et al., 2011; Ghosh and Hasan, 2013). Each respondent was asked to indicate his/her attitude regarding a statement by selecting the appropriate option. The attitude score of a respondent was computed by summing the scores for responses to all the statements. Hence, Attitude Score (AS) = 4×SA+3×A+2×U+1×DA+0×SDA (Ulla et al., 2011) Where, SA = Total number of respondents expressing their attitude ‘strongly agree’ for the statement; A = Total number of respondents expressing their attitude ‘agree’ for the statement; U = Total number of respondents expressing their attitude ‘undecided’ for the statement; DA = Total number of respondents expressing their attitude ‘disagree’ for the statement; SDA = Total number of respondents expressing their attitude ‘strongly disagree’ for the statement. The formula was considered for positive statements, on the other hand scoring was reverse for negative statements. In case of negative statements strongly agree, agree, undecided, disagree and strongly disagree were assigned weight as 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4 respectively. Thus, the attitude score of a respondent could range from 0 to 76; while 0 indicating highly unfavourable attitude and 76 indicating highly favourable attitude towards NATP (phase-I) interventions. The collected data were properly edited and coded before final analysis. All inconsistent data was avoided to element the errors and fault. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used for the data management. Mainly descriptive statistical techniques such as percentage, frequency, mean, standard deviation and correlation analyses were done to measure the relationship between the selected characteristics of CIG members and their attitude towards NATP (phase-I) interventions.

Source of Information: J Bangladesh Agril Univ 18(1): 194–202, 2020

Article Link (Online Journal): https://doi.org/10.5455/JBAU.94764

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Achievement/Findings:

The study concludes that most of the respondents (60%) had highly favourable attitude towards NATP (phase-I) interventions. So, the beneficiaries especially the CIG members were very enthusiastic and ambitious about NATP (phase-I) interventions. This may occur due to the CIG members get various interventions from NATP (phase-I). These interventions include technical advices and valuable information related to farm management, training facilities, input facilities such as seed, fertilizers etc. These activities resulted in higher agricultural productivity, strengthening of social and economic capital which help to form favourable attitude towards NATP (phase-I) interventions. Among the 11 selected characteristics of CIG members four characteristics namely farm size, annual income, agricultural subsidy received and extension media contact seem to have major contributions on CIG members’ attitude towards NATP (phase-I) interventions. Considering the findings of the study, some essential policy recommendations have been arisen which are: various extension activities related to farm management need to be strengthened to give support to the CIG members for better farm management and improvement of crop productivity. Though the overall attitude of CIG members towards NATP (phase-I) interventions was highly favourable, it is still possible to improve the attitude of CIG members. The credit, input, training facilities and other support systems should be more simplified, clear and rational to improve the attitude of CIG members towards NATP (phase-I) interventions.

Knowledge Management: Journal