Abstract:
The purpose or this study v. as to investigate the farmers' problem faced in
using Integrated Plant utrient Management (IP M) and also to explore the
relationship between the selected characteristics of the farmers and their
problem faced. The study was conducted in I 0 unions or Biro! upazila under
Dinajpur district. All the farmers who were involved in Integrated Soil
Fertility and Fertilizer Management Project: 1997-2000 activities were the
respondents of the study. Data were collected from these farmers b) using an
inter, iew schedule during 25 October to 30 Nov ember 2006. Co-efficient of
correlation (r) was computed in order to explore the relationship betw ecn the
dependent and independent variables. Each of the ten characteristics of the
farmers namely age, education, family size. farm size, annual income.
organizational participation, extension contact, cosmopolitencss and
knowledge on IP M, innovativeness were independent \ ariables \\ hile the
farmers' problem faced in using IP M was a dependent variable. The major
findings rev ea led that 51 percent of the farmers faced high problem, whi le 38
and I I percent faced medium and low problem in using IPNM. Education.
innovativ eness. extension contact, cosmopolitcness and knowledge on I Pl\1\1
of the farmers were found to have significant negative relationship \\ ith their
problem faced. I lowever, age, family size, farm size. annual income and
organizational participation of the farmers had no significant relationship \\ ith
their problem faced in using IP M
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM
