Abstract:
The main focus of the study was to describe the socio-economic profile of the farmers in
the study area, to determine the extent of attitude towards industrialization and to explore
the contribution of the selected characteristics of the farmers on their attitude towards
industrialization. The study was undertaken purposively in rupganj upazilla under
narayanganj district. Well-structured interview schedule (questionnaire) was used to
collect data. Data analysis was done using simple and inferential statistical tools such as
frequency counts, mean, standard deviation, co-efficient of variation and linear multiple
regression. The findings showed that majority of the respondents (65.83 percent) in this
study area showed moderate favorable attitude. 30 percent of the respondents showed low
favorable attitude, while only 4.17 percent of the respondents showed high favorable
attitude towards industrialization. The result also showed that farmer’s age, education,
family size and level of contact within the agricultural community were significant factors
for farmers attitude towards industrialization and within this, level of contact within the
agricultural community were the most significant contributing factors. On the other hand,
farming areas, annual family income, level of contact within the industrial sector farmers’
innovativeness and farmers’ knowledge showed non-significant relationship towards
industrialization.
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 (MS)
IN
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
