Abstract
The major purposes of the study were to determine the extent of the problem faced by the farmers in bean cultivation and to explore the relationships between bean farmers’ selected characteristics with their problem faced. The study was conducted in four villages of two unions under Atghoria upazilla of Pabna District. Data were collected from a random sample of 106 bean farmers by using an interview schedule during 15 Dec, 2017 to 15 Jan, 2018. The highest proportion (71.70 percent) of the farmers faced medium overall problem in bean production, while 16.04 percent faced high and 12.26 percent faced low problem. Problem faced in non-availability of pesticides ranked 1st and this was followed by non-availability of fertilizers, lack of capital so on and least one lack of irrigation in bean cultivation ranked 28th. Correlation analysis indicated that education, training exposure, organizational participation, extension media contact and farmers’ knowledge had significant negative relationship with their problem faced. Age had significant positive relationship with their problem faced while family members, farm size, annual family income, bean cultivation area, and credit received by the farmers had no significant relationship with their problem faced. Overwhelming (87.74) majority of bean farmers faced medium to high problems therefore, it may be said that problem faced by the farmers in bean cultivation is a serious issue to be addressed to maximize bean production.Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.5(1): 11-18, April 2018
Highlights
Agriculture sector contributes about 17 percent to the countrys Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and employs more than 45 percent of total labor forces (BBS 2013).The agriculture sector comprises crops, livestock, forestry and fisheries while approximately 8.99 percent of the GDP was derived from crops and horticulture (BBS 2013).Of the total 13.3 million hectares of arable land in the country, only 6.73 percent is under horticultural crop
Bean farmers from Pabna and Natore districts take their products to Muladuli market and sell it to wholesalers who supply it to different places including Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet and Narayanganj
The specific objectives were: i). to determine the extent of problems faced by the farmers in bean cultivation. ii). to determine and describe some selected characteristics of the bean farmers. iii). to explore the relationships between the selected characteristics of the bean farmers and their extent of problem facing in bean cultivation. iv). to determine the severity among the problems faced by the farmers in bean cultivation
Summary
A large number of farmers in Pabna districts are engaged in commercial bean cultivation as the profitable farming has changed the lives of many people in the region. Thousands of farmers in different upazilas of Pabna district are engaged in bean cultivation as it proved profitable, and farming of it has changed the lots of farmers in the area (DAE, 14). Bean farmers from Pabna and Natore districts take their products to Muladuli market and sell it to wholesalers who supply it to different places including Dhaka, Chittagong, Sylhet and Narayanganj. Limited effort has been made to undertake systematic investigation in this respect It is, important and essential to have clear and good understanding on problems faced by the farmers in bean cultivation at field level. The specific objectives were: i). to determine the extent of problems faced by the farmers in bean cultivation. ii). to determine and describe some selected characteristics of the bean farmers. iii). to explore the relationships between the selected characteristics of the bean farmers and their extent of problem facing in bean cultivation. iv). to determine the severity among the problems faced by the farmers in bean cultivation
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