USE OF INTEGRATED PESTMANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN RICE FIELD BY THE FARMERS IN TAPODHAN UNION UNDER RANGPUR DISTRICT

Abstract

objective of this study was to find out the extent of use of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices in rice field by the farmers and to determine the relationship between the selected characteristics of the fanners and their use ofIPM practices. The study was conducted in four villages under Tapodhan union of Rangpur sadar upazila. 100 fanners were selected as the respondents of the study randomly out of 1007 fanners. Data collected from the respondents using an interview schedule during April] to April 30, 2006. Descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, range and percentage were used to describe the variables under consideration. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) was used to explore the relationship between the selected characteristics of the farmers and their use of IPM practices. The data shown that only 82 percent of the farmers were high users while 10 percent medium and 8 percent of the respondents were low users of IPM practices respectively. Among fourteen selected lPM practices, "Cross-bar use in the field to facilitate to sit the birds" ranked first and U'Tocontrol pest, use of pesticides as a last measurement" ranked last. The findings further revealed that use of IPM practices by the farmers had significant relationship with their education, annual income, contact with extension sources, organizational participation, innovativeness, knowledge on lPM and cosmopoliteness. On the other side, age, family size and farm size had no significant relationship with the