Correlation and co-efficient analysis of mango growers' constraints and their characteristics in Chapai Nawabgonj district of Bangladesh.
Islam S., Pramanik M. E. A., Salam M. A., Islam M. A., Palash Sarker
Author Affiliation: Department of Agroforestry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh.
International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Technology 9 : 17-22
Abstract : The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship between the selected characteristics of the mango growers and the constraints faced by them in mango cultivation. Five unions named Maharajpur, Baragharia, Sundarpur, Baliadanga and Gobratala at Sadar upazila under Chapai Nawabganj district of Bangladesh during February to March 2004 were considered as the study area and data were collected from the mango growers through interview schedule. The characteristics of the growers were: age, education, family size, farm size, area under mango cultivation, knowledge on mango cultivation, organizational participation, extension contact, cosmopoliteness and innovativeness. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient (r) was used to determine relationship between two variables. Eleven null hypotheses were tested and nine were rejected. Among the selected characteristics of the mango growers: education, farm size, area under mango cultivation, family income, knowledge on mango cultivation, cosrnopoliteness, innovativeness and organizational participation had significant negative relationship with the constraints faced in mango cultivation. On the other hand, age and family size of the mango growers did not show any significant relationship with their faced constraints in mango cultivation.