*M.A. Mannan
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh
M.M. Hasan
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh
M.B. Ahmed
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh
M.R. Amin
Department of Basic and Social Science, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet, Bangladesh
S.A.K.U. Khan
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh
Nurseries, Problem confrontation, Phultala Upazilla.
Phultala Sadar, Utra, Gilatala and Damodor unions of Phultala Upazilla in Khulna District
Socio-economic and Policy
The study was confined to some selected areas namely Phultala, Utra Gilatala, Damodarpur, Jamira unions under Phultala Upazilla of Khulna district. Phultala Upazilla has a great reputation of nursery activities and making a significant contribution to the national economy. There are about 1020 nurseries in Phultala Upazilla where each nursery is considered as the sampling unit and each nursery was treated as the active population of the study. Out of the 1020 nurseries, 102 nurseries (10%) were selected randomly as the sample respondents but 1 respondent was found absent during the interview hence, 101 nursery owners were treated as final sample of the study. An interview schedule was prepared for data collection in Bangla keeping the objectives of the study in view. The schedule was pre-tested before final collection of data. After the pre-test, necessary corrections, additions, alterations and rearrangements were made.
The personal and socio-economic variables of the respondents were included in this study. The variables were age, occupation, education, family size, annual income, annual expenditure, loan facilities, training and knowledge in nursery practices, farm size, organizational participation, and cosmopoliteness. Besides data were also collected on type of plants or seedlings, year of nursery establishment, training received on nursery management, micro-propagation in the nursery, the total number of fruit plants, flowering plants, timber plants, medicinal plants, mother plants, use of fertilizer and manures, diseases in the nursery, insect-pests in the nursery, the intercultural operation to determine the present status of nursery management. Data were also collected on problems confronted by nursery owners and suggestions were sought from them to overcome the problem.
After completion of the survey, all the interview schedules were compiled for data processing. At the beginning of the data processing, all the qualitative data were converted into quantitative form by means of suitable code and score whenever necessary. Local units were converted into standard units. In several instances, indices and scales were constructed through the simple accumulation of scores assigned to individuals or a pattern of attributes. Indices and scales were considered efficient instruments for data reduction and analysis. All personal traits were categorized and arranged in simple tables for interpretation and discussion. Number, frequency, and percentage were used as descriptive statistics.
South Asian J. Agric., 2006, 1(2): 49-54 ISSN 1991-0037
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