PROBLEM FACED BY THE FARMERS IN VEGETABLE CULTIVATION IN THE SELECTED AREA OF SARISHABARI UPAZILLA UNDER JAMALPUR DISTRICT

Abstract

Vegetable cultivation is a profitable farming practice in respect of Bangladesh although farmers often face various problems in tradit ional cultivation. The purposes of the study were to determine the extent of problem faced by the farmers in vegetable cultivation; to compare the severity among the problem faced by the farmers in vegetables cultivation; to describe some selected characteristics of the vegetable farmers and to explore the relationships between the selected characteristics of the vegetable farmers and their extent of problem faced in vegetables cultivation. The study was undertaken purposively in Sarishabari upazila of Jamalpur district. Validated and well-structured interview schedule was used to collect data from 103 vegetable growers during 1st June to 30 viii th , June 2022. The highest proportion (71.84%) of the vegetable farmers faced medium problem faced as compare to 16.51 percent faced low problem and 11.65 percent faced high problem in vegetable cultivation. On the basis of Problem Faced Index (PFI), it was observed that “High cost of labour” ranked first followed by “High cost of seed fertilizer and pesticides” and “Lack of knowledge about market information” were the least problem faced by the farmers in vegetable cultivation. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlat ion that education, annual family income, income from vegetable cultivation, experience on vegetable cultivation, training exposure and knowledge on vegetable cultivation technologies of the farmers had negative significant relationship with their problem faced in vegetable cultivation. Beside these, rest four characteristics of the farmers (age, family size, vegetable cultivation land and media exposure) had no significant relationship with their problem faced in vegetable cultivation. This study could be helpful for formulation of principle and implementation to eradicate the problems in vegetable cultivation and a reference for future study.