FARMERS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS COMMERCIAL CULTIVATION OF CUT FLOWERS

Abstract

Cut flower cultivation practice is increasing day by day in Bangladesh. The purposes of the study were to describe the socio-economic profile of the cut flower farmers in the study area; to determine the extent of attitude of farmers towards commercial cultivation of cut flowers; to explore the contributing relationship between the selected characteristics of the cut flower farmers and their attitude towards commercial cultivation of cut flowers; and to identify the problems faced by the cut flower farmers for commercial cultivation. The study was undertaken purposively in Savar upazila under Dhaka district. An authenticated and well-structured interview schedule (questionnaire) was used to collect data from 104 flower farmers during 10 November to 5 December 2016. Data analysis was done using easy and inferential statistical tools such as frequency counts, mean, standard deviation, co-efficient of variance and multiple regressions. The findings showed that majority of the farmers (41.3 percent) had positive attitude, 33.7 percent of them had more positive attitude and 25 percent had most positive attitude towards commercial cultivation of cut flowers. The results also showed that farmers’ education background, agricultural extension media contact and farmers’ category were significant factors for farmers’ attitude towards commercial cultivation of cut flowers; and within this agricultural extension media contact and farmers’ category were the most significant contributing factors.