CONSTRAINTS FACED BY THE FARMERS IN CASSAVA CULTIVATION

Abstract

The main objectives of this study were to determine and describe the constraints fhced by the farmers in cassava cultivation and explore the relationships between tile selected characteristics of farmers and constraints faced by them in cassava cultivation. Ten villages of Modhupur Upazilla tinder Tangail district was selected as the study area. Appropriate scales were developed in order to measure the concerned variables. A statistical software package named SPSS was used to analyze the data and Karl Pcarsons Correlation Co-efficient were used to test (lie relationships between the independent and dependent variables. Majority (86.2%) of the farmers fliced medium constraints compared to I 2% hieing low constraints and only 1.9 0 % facing high constraints in cassava cultivation. Farm size, cassava cultivation area, annual family income, annual incoflie from cassava cultivation. cassava cultivation knowledge and extension contact of' the respondents had signilicant negative relationships with their constraints thced in cassava cultivation. Other variables namely age. education and hitmily size of the respondents had no significant relationship with their constraints faced in cassava cultivation. Based on descending order of Constraint Faced Index (CE!) lack of cassava storage facility ranked lirsi followed by higher interest rate of credit and lack of sufficient labor theility. Lack of sufficient irrigation flicilities ranked last.