Md. Saiful Islam
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh.
Sarder Safiqul Islam
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh.
Md. Matiul Islam*
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh.
Md. Maruf Billah
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh.
Women’s participation; Dairy farming; Poverty reduction; Small-scale
Paikgachha Upazila, Khulna, Bangladesh
Socio-economic and Policy
Data were collected from 50 respondents
Data were collected from 50 respondents, who were selected through purposive random sampling technique, of the two selected villages of Paikgachha Upazila of Khulna district through interview schedule by the researchers during May to June, 2017 on some selected characteristics of the respondents which were treated as independent variables. Two villages of Paikgachha Upazila were Gadaipur and Ghosal. The study area is situated 5 km away from Paikgachha Upazila. The area of Paikgachha Upazila is 411.19 km2. As of the census of 2011, the total population is 248112; male 127579andfemale 120533. Participation of rural women in dairy farming was treated as the dependent variable of the study. A list of 25 commonly used dairy farming practices was prepared by reviewing different literature related to it. The respondents were asked to identify their extent of participation based on 25 dairy farming issues in terms of ‘great participation’, ‘average participation’, ‘somewhat participation’ and ‘no participation’ and the scores assigned against these responses were 3, 2,1 and 0 respectively. The total score of a respondent was calculated by summing up the scores obtained from the selected issues. Participation scores for the selected commonly used dairy farming practices of the respondents could range from 0 to 75. To compare the level of participation in six major aspects as well as 25 issues a participation index (PI) was calculated using the formula.
The organizational participation of a respondent was measured on the basis of the number of organizations she was involved. For example, if a respondent is involved in one organization her organizational participation score is one. Accordingly, as no involvement (0), general member (1), executive member (2), executive officer (4) with duration (year). Extension contact refers to the extent of participation by a dairy women farmer in extension activities during the last year. In order to assess the extent of participation of the respondents in extension activities, the different activities were listed and they were asked to indicate their participation as regularly, often, sometimes, seldom and never. The scores assigned as 4, 3, 2, 1 and 0, respectively. The maximum and minimum score ranged between 28 and 0, respectively. The respondents were classified in to three groups (low, medium, high) based on extent of participation in the particular extension activity by considering frequency and percentage. Cosmopoliteness simplymeans one's orientation to out of her own social system. Cosmopoliteness of a respondent was measured by computing a cosmopoliteness score. The cosmopoliteness score was assigned on the basis of places and frequency of her visit external to her own social system. The five places include other villages, Upazila Head Quarter (HQ), district HQ, capital city and other (specify). The respondent was asked to mention the number of visits made in five different places in terms of often, sometimes, rarely and notat all against the scores were 3, 2, 1 and 0, respectively. Cosmopoliteness score of a respondent could range within 0-15. A score of 0 indicated no cosmopoliteness and 15 indicated very high cosmopoliteness.Dairy farming knowledge of the respondents was measured by asking 5 selected questions and a score of 2 was assigned to each of the questions. Full marks were given to the appropriate answer and partial score was given for partially correct answer whereas 0 scores was given to wrong or no answer. Dairy farming knowledge score could range from 0 to 10 where 0 indicated no knowledge while 10 indicated high knowledge. Dairy farming training score was determined by the number of dairying training received by the respondents. For example, a respondent received low training; her training score was ‘1-3’ irrespective of its duration.
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Asian Journal of Research in Animal and Veterinary Sciences 3(4): 1-13, 2019; Article no.AJRAVS.50118
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