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Growers’ Knowledge on Spices Cultivation in Shibganj Upazila Under Bogura District

MSI Afrad
Professor
Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, BSMRAU, Gazipur, Bangladesh

MR Akter
Former MS Student
Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, BSMRAU, Gazipur, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The main objective guided the present study was to evaluate the knowledge of the growers on spices cultivation practice in Shibganj upazila under Bogura district. Three unions of the upazila were purposively selected based on the vicinity to the Spices Research Center, Bogura. Data were collected from selected growers using predesigned structured interview schedule. Eleven selected characteristics of the growers were considered as independent variables. As dependent variable, knowledge on spices cultivation practice was calculated by construction of a scale containing thirteen relevant questions. Coefficient of correlation was employed to determine the relationship between the selected characteristics of the growers and their knowledge on spices cultivation practice. Majority (67.8%) of the growers were middle aged, the highest portion (61.1%) of them belonged to primary level education. Major proportion (60.0%) of them had small family size, almost all of them (98.9%) possessed small to medium farm size, and huge majority (87.8%) of them earned up to BDT 240000 annually. About three-fourth (73.3%) of the farmers had medium extension contact, half of them (50.0%) had poor training experience while 40.0 percent of them had medium innovativeness. Great majority (85.5%) of the farmers had small to medium spices cultivation area (up to 0.6 ha) while almost three-fourth (72.2%) of them had medium to long duration (11 to above 20 years) practice of spices cultivation. Majority (65.6%) of them had moderate knowledge on spices cultivation technology compared to more than one fourth (26.7%) having high knowledge and only 7.7 percent had low knowledge on the same. None of the selected characteristics showed significant relationship with the knowledge on spices cultivation practice.

Keywords: Spices, Practice, Knowledge, Cultivation

Location: Spices Research Center, Shibganj upazila under Bogura district

Start Date: 00-10-2018

End Date: 00-12-2018

Program Area: Knowledge Management

Non-commodity: Profitability

Objectives:

The present study was undertaken to: i) describe the socio-economic characteristics of the spices growers in the study area,

ii) to determine the knowledge of spices cultivation practice by the growers in the selected study area and

iii) to find out the relationships between socio-economic characteristics of the respondents and their knowledge on spices cultivation practice.

Methodology:

The descriptive and diagnostic research design was used in the present study. The study was conducted in three unions (Shibganj Sadar, Mokamtala, and Bihar) of Shibganj upazila under Bogura district. Shibganj upazila of Bogura district was selected as because spices cultivation is widely distributed in this area. All the spices cultivators of Shibganj upazila under Bogura district constituted the population of this study. Total number of the spices cultivators in the three unions was 270 that constituted sampled population of the study. In this study, 90 farmers were selected as sample following random sampling technique. In order to collect relevant information from the respondents, a structured interview schedule was carefully designed keeping the objectives of the study in view. The schedule contained both open and closed form questions. The researchers collected data during October to December 2018. The independent variables of the study were age, education, family size, farming experience, farm size, training experience, innovativeness, annual family income, extension contact, area under spices cultivation and duration of spices cultivation whereas knowledge on spices cultivation practice was the dependent variable. Age, education of the respondents was measured in actual year and categorized following Rahman (2008) and training experience following Wadud (2010). Family size was measured in numbers of total member and farm size in hectare following Islam (2008) and BBS (2009). Annual family income was calculated in BDT (Bangladeshi Taka), innovativeness in observed score, farming experience in years, extension contact in observed score. Area under spices cultivation was measured in hectare and duration of spices cultivation was measured in years. Knowledge on modern spices cultivation practice was measured by preparing a scale consisting of 13 related questions assigning ‘2’ marks for each. A respondent was assigned “full marks” for correct answering, “half marks” for partial answering and “no marks” for wrong answering of any question. Total marks of the all respondents obtained from answering the entire thirteen questions. The variables were categorized based on observed mean and SD.

Source of Information: Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. Tech. 10(1): 102-107, June 2020

Article Link (Online Journal): DOI: https://doi.org/10.3329/ijarit.v10i1.48101

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Achievement/Findings:

Great majority of the growers were between young to middle aged, having primary level education, small family size, medium farm size, low annual income, medium extension contact, poor training experience and medium innovativeness. Big majority of the farmers had small to medium spices cultivation area and almost three-fourth of them had medium to long duration practice of spices cultivation. Poor knowledge of the respondent farmers was observed in optimum spacing, suitable soil and ideal planting time. of spices. Great majority of them had moderate to high-level knowledge on spices cultivation practice. None of the selected characteristics of the growers showed significant relationships with the knowledge on spices cultivation practice. However, age, education, family size, extension contact, training experience, annual family income and area under spices cultivation, indicated negative non- significant relationships with the knowledge of the growers on spices cultivation practice. Department of Agricultural extension may arrange suitable training program towards minimizing the knowledge gap of the farmers.

Knowledge Management: Journal