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Knowledge of Chakma Farm Women in Homestead Gardening in the Selected Villages of Rangamati, Bangladesh

Antina Chakma
Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207

Md. Shiful Islam
Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207

Atiya Sharmin Mitu
Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207

Md Rais Uddin Rashed
Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207

M. Zahidul Haque
Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka 1207

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The purpose of the study was to determine knowledge of Chakma farm women about homestead gardening. The study was conducted in Sapchari and Kutukchari union of Rangamati Sadar Upazila under Rangamati District. Chakma farm women of Rangamti Sadar Upazila constituted the population of the study. An update list of 400 Chakma farm women who were related to homestead gardening activities was prepared with the help of Sub-Assistant Agricultural Officer of these localities. One hundred farm women were selected as the sample of the study by using random sampling method. A well-structured interview schedule was developed based on the objectives of the study for collecting information. The researcher herself collected data through personal contact. Data revealed that majority (58%) of Chakma farm women had medium knowledge in homestead gardening followed by high knowledge (27%) and low knowledge (15%). Education, contact with extension agent, exposure to mass media and woman status in the family had significant positive relationship with knowledge of homestead gardening. Age, farm size, annual net income and cosmopoliteness had no significant relationship with knowledge of homestead gardening.

Keywords: Home Garden, Hill Tracts, Tribal women, Livelihood

Location: Rangamati Sadar Upazila under Rangamati district, Bangladesh

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Program Area: Knowledge Management

Non-commodity: Income generation, Gender issue

Objectives:

To determine knowledge of Chakma farm women about homestead gardening.

Methodology:

The study was conducted in two selected union (Sapchari and Kutukchari) of Rangamati Sadar Upazila under Rangamati district, Bangladesh. Among the village’s Sapchari para, Priyomohan dewan para, Manikchari para under the union of Sapchari and under the union of kutukchari kutukchari montala para, kutukchari bazaar alaka, kutukchari bhulchari para were selected as the locale of the study. Chakma women farmers of Sapchari union and Kutukchari union of Rangamati Sadar Upazila under Rangamati district constituted the population of the study. An update list of 300 Chakma farm women who were related to homestead gardening was prepared with the help of Sub-Assistant Agriculture Officer of the upazila. Around 100 farm women were randomly selected as the sample of the study by using random sampling method. A reserve list of 10 Chakma farm women was also prepared by the same method so that respondents of this list could be used for interview if the respondents included in the original sample were not available at the time of data collection. The independent variables were 8 selected characteristics of the Chakma farm women as follows: age, education, homestead farm size, annual income, contact with extension agent, cosmopoliteness, exposure to mass media and women status in the family. Age of a Chakma farm women referred to the period of time from her birth to the day of interview age was measured in terms of complete years. Education was measured by the year of schooling. If a respondent did not know how to read and write, her education score was given zero. Homestead farm size of respondent Chakma farm women referred to the area of land on which her family used for homestead farming and received full benefits for her family. It was measured in decimal for each respondent. Annual income was the total income earned by the respondent and other members of her family from agricultural sources during a year. Contact with extension agent by respondent Chakma farm women was measured on the basis of frequency of her visit to the office of UAO, AEO, SAAO, NGO worker etc. with a view to gather homestead gardening knowledge. Involvement score was assigned in the following way: Responses: Regularly-score assigned-4, Often- score assigned-3, occasionally-scores assigned- 2, rarely- score assigned-1, not at all-score assigned-4. Thus, the extension media contact score of a respondent could range from 0 to 8 where 0 indicate no extension media contact and 8 indicate very high contact with extension agent regarding homestead gardening. Cosmopoliteness score was computed for each respondent to determine his degree of cosmopoliteness on the basis of his visits to different places external to his own social system. The scale used for computing the cosmopoliteness scores is presented below: Extent of visit: Not at all- score assigned-0, rare- score assigned-1, occasionally-score assigned-2, Often-score assigned-3, regularly- score assigned – 4. Cosmopoliteness score of an individual could range from 0 to 10 where 0 indicate no cosmopoliteness and 10 indicate very high cosmopoliteness. Exposure to mass media agricultural programs of the respondent Chakma farm women were measured on the basis of their opinions regarding the exposure to mass media agricultural programs in receiving information on homestead gardening. Hence, the use of each of the three exposures to mass media agricultural programs namely farm and radio talks, TV channels and print media first ascertained by computing their using score. In this regard score was assigned to each of the four types of responses provided by the respondents in the following manner: Responses: Regularly- score assigned-3, frequently- score assigned- 2, occasionally- score assigned- 1, Not at all-score assigned- 0.Thus, the exposure to mass media agricultural programs score of a respondent could range from 0 to 12 where 0 indicate no exposure to mass media agricultural programs and 12 indicate very high exposure to mass media agricultural programs. Women status in the family of the respondent Chakma farm women were measured on the basis of opinions regarding the values or social conditions which gave rise to the position of themselves in the family that they belong to the scale used for computing women status scores of Chakma farm women is presented below: Responses: High- score assigned-4, Medium-score assigned-3, Low-scoreassigned-2, Very low- score assigned-1. Homestead gardening knowledge referred to the knowledge gained by the respondent farmers in homestead gardening. 40 questions on different aspect of homestead gardening were asked to the respondent Chakma farm women to ascertain their knowledge score. The score was assigned as 1 for full correct answer and zero (0) for incorrect or no answer for each question. Data collected from the respondent were complied, coded, tabulated and analyzed in accordance with the objectives of the study. Various statistical measures such as frequency counts, percentage distribution, average and standard deviation were used in describing data. SPSS (version 16) computer program were used for analyzing the data.

Source of Information: International Journal of Business, Management and Social Research, 10(01), 536-544; 2020

Article Link (Online Journal): https://doi.org/10.18801/ijbmsr.100120.56

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Achievement/Findings:

The findings indicate that education, contact with extension agent, cosmopoliteness, exposure to mass media had significant positive relationships with the homestead gardening knowledge. This represents that education, contact with extension agent, cosmopoliteness, exposure to mass media of the respondent Chakma farm women were an important factor in homestead gardening knowledge and with the increase of education, contact with extension agent, cosmopoliteness, exposure to mass media of the respondents homestead gardening knowledge also increases. The findings indicate that Chakma farm women had medium knowledge on homestead gardening activities. Majority of Chakma farm women do homestead gardening by their own way which is traditional bound. With discussion with the respondents researcher came to know that Chakma farm women cultivate vegetables and fruits for only their own consumption.

Knowledge Management: Journal