FARMERS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS INDUSTRIALIZATION IN NARAYANGANJ DISTRICT

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.