Author (s): S. Kundu, M. R. Islam, M. S. Ali, M. S. Azam and A. H. Mozumder
Abstract
The study was conducted in Raghdi Union under Muksudpur Upazilla of Gopalgonj District. The main objective of the study was to find knowledge gap of the farmers in pulse production and to explore the relationship between the selected characteristics of the farmers and their knowledge gap in pulse production. Data were collected personally through interview schedule from 112 randomly selected pulse growing farmers from three villages of the selected union. Knowledge gap of the farmers in pulse production was dependent variable and selected characteristics of the farmers were independent variables. Findings revealed that about two third (64.3%) of the respondents had medium to high knowledge gap in pulse production. Co-efficient of correlation showed that out of 10 variables only 5 variables namely age, education, farming experience, economic motivation and risk orientation had significantly negative relationship to knowledge gap in pulse production.
J. Expt. Biosci. 4(1):1-8, January 2013
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Key words: Pulse production, knowledge gap and characteristics of farmers.
J. Expt. Biosci. 4(1):1-8, January 2013
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