FARMER'S PREFERRED TRAITS OF MODERN BORO RICE VARIETIES

ISBN-13: 9786202924153 / Angielski / Miękka / 72 str.

A K M Shahnewaz Chowdhury; Md. Ruhul Amin; Mohammad Ashraful Islam

Opis

The aim of the study was to determine the preferredtraits of the cultivating modern boro rice variety preferred by the farmers ofhaor area. An attempt was made to explore relationships between the selected characteristics of the farmers with their preferred traits. Data were collected from July to September, 2019 using a well-structured pretesting interviews schedule by interviewing from 80 randomly selected farmers of Sunamganj Sadar Upazila of Sunamganj district. The five most preferred traits of modern boro rice varieties cultivated by the haorfarmers were short duration crop varieties, flood tolerant, weed control from rice field, cultivation in more places and long plant.Middle age and medium farm was the highest score (41.2) and (44)and the lowest score for old age and large farm (28.8) and (6). Pearson's Product Moment Correlation coefficient (r) indicated that out often variablesfamily size, farm size, family income, Extension contact and Agricultural Knowledge on preferred traits of the cultivating modern boro rice variety in haor areasshowed positive significant relationship whereas Age, Education, Farming Experience and Training Experience showed non-significant relation.

O autorze

Chowdhury, A K M ShahnewazAKM Shah Newaz ChowdhuryFather's Name: Haji Abdul Malek Mother's Name: Haji Noor Jahan Begum SSC-1988- 1st Division HSC-1990-2nd Division BScAg-1994 (Held in 1998) - 2nd Class MS in Agricultural Extension Education.