Farmers’ motivational factors for medicinal plant production in the southwestern region of Bangladesh
Mohammad Ismail Hossain,
Md. Abu Saiyem,
Mst. Fatema Begum
et al.
Abstract:Medicinal plants (MPs) generate cash income and save millions of people in Bangladesh. The aim of this study is to identify farmers’ motivational factors to cultivate MPs. This study is based on primary data collected from 196 sample households from two MP-growing districts of Bangladesh. Three MPs, namely, Aloe vera, Bombax ceiba, and Withania somnifera, were considered for this study. Principal component analysis (PCA), the z test, the Wilcoxon signed-rank test and factor analysis (FA) were used in this stud… Show more
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