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ADOPTION OF LITCHI CULTIVATION BY THE FARMERS OF DINAJPUR DISTRICT

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dc.contributor.author ALAM, MD. NUR
dc.date.accessioned 2018-11-13T10:18:49Z
dc.date.available 2018-11-13T10:18:49Z
dc.date.issued 2016
dc.identifier.uri http://archive.saulibrary.edu.bd:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/771
dc.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 en_US
dc.description.abstract The purpose of the study was to determine and describe the extent of adoption of litchi cultivation by the farmers and to explore the relationships between each of the selected characteristics of the farmers and their adoption of litchi cultivation. Auliapur union and Chehelgazi union under Sadar upazila of Dinajpur district was the locale of the study. Data were collected from 103 randomly selected farmers by using interview schedule during 15 May to 7 July 2017. The finding revealed that about three-fourths (70.9%) of the farmers had medium adoption, 25.2 percent had low and 3.9 percent had high adoption of litchi cultivation. Spearman Rank Correlation co-efficient (r) was computed to explore the relationships between each of the selected characteristics of the farmers and their adoption of litchi cultivation. The correlation analysis indicated that, age, education, cosmopoliteness, knowledge on litchi cultivation and attitude towards litchi cultivation had significant positive relationship with the adoption of litchi cultivation. Family size, farm size, annual family income, extension media contact and innovativeness had no significant relationships with the adoption of litchi cultivation. en_US
dc.language.iso en en_US
dc.publisher DEPT. OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION & INFORMATION SYSTEM
dc.subject LITCHI CULTIVATION, DINAJPUR DISTRICT en_US
dc.title ADOPTION OF LITCHI CULTIVATION BY THE FARMERS OF DINAJPUR DISTRICT en_US
dc.type Thesis en_US


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