Constraints in Aromatic Rice Cultivation: Insights from Smallholder Farmers of Northern Bangladesh
Özet
Though Bangladesh a south asian country takes pride in being home to exclusive fine aromatic rice, it has done precious little to retain this much-valued product. The traditional varieties with excellent aroma are almost at the verge of extinct from the fields. The purpose of this study was to determine farmers’ constraints in aromatic rice production, and to explore the relationship between the selected characteristics of the farmers with their constraints in aromatic rice production. Data were collected using pre-designed and pre-tested structured interview schedule from a sample of 92 farmers out of 653 farmers selected by simple random sampling procedure. The data collection was done in Uthrail unions of sadar upazila under Dinajpur district. Besides the usual descriptive statistical parameter, Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) was used for the statistical analysis. About three-fourths (67.3 percent) of the respondents had faced medium constraint while 20.7 percent had low constraints and only 12.0 percent had faced high constraints. Among the constraints, “Diseases” (CFI= 270.6) was found the first ranked constraints in aromatic rice production faced by the farmers. The lowest constraints in aromatic rice production faced by the farmers was ‘Erosion’ (CFI= 78.2) among the selected constraints. According to the computed value of correlation coefficients (r), among ten selected characteristics of the farmer’s age, education, family size, farm size and annual income had no significant relationship with farmers’ constraints in aromatic rice production. On the other hand, area under aromatic rice cultivation, agricultural knowledge, extension media contact, training received and aspiration had positive significant relationship with farmers’ constraints in aromatic rice production.
Yayınlanmış
2025-05-29
Nasıl Atıf Yapılır
Noman, R., Kabir, R., Huda, S., & Mondol, A. (2025). Constraints in Aromatic Rice Cultivation: Insights from Smallholder Farmers of Northern Bangladesh. IV. International Congress of the Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, Niğde, Türkiye, 921–929. gönderen https://www.turjaf.com/index.php/TURSTEP/article/view/586
