Abstract
The purposes of the study were to determine the adoption of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) practices by the vegetable growers and to explore the relationships between the adoption of IPM practices in vegetable cultivation and the selected characteristics of the vegetable growers. Data were collected from randomly selected 101 respondents of the three selected villages of ganna union under sadar upazila of Jhenaidah district using interview schedule by the researchers during May to August, 2017. Appropriate scales were used to measure the variables of the study. Correlation test was used to explore the relationships between concerned independent and dependent variables. Majority (72.28%) of the respondents had medium annual income from vegetable cultivation. Majority (58.42%) of the respondents spent moderate time in vegetable field. About one third (36.63%) of the respondents had low knowledge on IPM practices. Majority (58.42%) of the respondents had very low organizational participation and 38.62% of the respondents had low contact with IPM club and FFS. Most (98.02%) of the respondents had low cosmopoliteness. Most (80.20%) of the respondents had low extension media exposure. About half (51.49%) of the respondents had low training exposure related to cultivation practices. Majority (63.37%) of the respondent had unfavorable attitude towards IPM practices. Majority (70.30%) of the respondents had medium level adoption in commonly used IPM practices in vegetable cultivation. Use of pesticides ranked 1st(score 295) as IPM practices compared to other environment friendly practices. Among the fourteen selected characteristics of the respondents, educational qualification, time spent in vegetable field, knowledge on IPM practices in vegetable cultivation, contact with IPM club and FFS, training exposure and attitude towards IPM practices showed positive significant relationships with the adoption of selected IPM practices by the vegetable growers.
 J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 16(3): 366–371, December 2018
Highlights
Vegetables are the cheapest source of vitamins, minerals and proteins which majority of people can buy
Data were collected from 101 randomly selected respondents of the three selected villages of ganna union under sadar upazila of Jhenaidah district through interview schedule by the researchers during May to August, 2017 on some selected characteristics of the respondents which were treated as independent variable viz. age, educational qualification, family size, farm size, annual family income, annual income from vegetable cultivation, time spent in vegetable field, knowledge on integrated pest management (IPM) practices in vegetables cultivation, organizational participation, contact with IPM club and FFS, cosmopoliteness, extension media exposure, training exposure and attitude towards IPM practices in vegetable cultivation
The average annual income from vegetable cultivation of the farmers of the study area was much higher. It indicates that highest portion of their annual income comes from vegetable cultivation and most of the farmers solely depend on vegetable cultivation
Summary
Vegetables are the cheapest source of vitamins, minerals and proteins which majority of people can buy . To ensure desire production or to minimize crop loss due to pest infestation, there is a trend to use huge chemical pesticides across the countries. Use of pesticides in Bangladesh was 3,850 metric tons in 1972–1990 which was highest 44,357 metric tons in the year 2011 that decreased to 33,716 metric tons in 2016 (BBS, These adverse effects were the base to develop Integrated Pest Management (IPM), an approach where to control pest emphasizes are given on non-chemical or organic ways and chemicals are only applied when pest infestation is severe (Kabir and Rainis, 2015). Government of Bangladesh launched IPM technologies to reduce the adverse effects of pesticides in social, economic and environmental aspects (Kabir and Rainis, 2014)
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