PROBLEMS OF ROOF TOP GARDENING IN DHAKA CITY

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to describe the selected characteristics of the rooftop gardeners; to determine the extent of problem faced by them in rooftop gardening; to explore the contribution of the selected characteristics of them to their problems of rooftop gardening and to compare the problems faced by them in rooftop gardening. The study was conducted with randomly selected 86 rooftop gardeners in one ward of Mirpur Thana under Dhaka district. A pre-tested interview schedule was used to collect data from the respondents during 1 st January to 30 th January, 2020. Problem faced by the respondents in rooftop gardening was the dependent variable and the dependent variable was measured on basis of severity of problem. The majority 63.95 percent of the rooftop gardeners faced medium problems in rooftop gardening, 20.93 percent faced low problems in rooftop gardening and 15.12 percent faced high problems in rooftop gardening. Among 10 selected characteristics of the farmers 4 characteristics namely level of education, training on rooftop gardening, attitude towards rooftop gardening and knowledge on rooftop gardening of the gardeners had significant negative contribution to their problems faced in rooftop gardening and the rest 6 characteristics namely, age, family size, annual family income, income from house rent, rooftop area and use of information sources of them had no significant contribution to their problems faced in rooftop gardening. According to Problem Faced Index (PFI), “lack of technological information and advice” was the highest ranked problem followed by “scarcity of source of water”, “lack of quality seed”, seedlings, saplings, input, roof leakage”, “lack of proper water drainage system on the roof”, “lack of skilled labor”, “lack of training”, “lack of motivational work”, “insect infestation and advice” and “lack of enough time for taking care of garden”.