Farmers' Perception towards Harmful Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture

Kabir, Muhammad Humayun; Islam, Md. Rafiquel; Ali, Md. Showkat; Abdullah, Md. Masum

doi:10.9734/ajaees/2018/43006

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“…Favorable perception influence people to use technology. [16] revealed that farmers favorable perception influence them to use adaptation strategy which is similar to the present study.…”

Section: The Contribution Of the Selected Characteristics Of The Respsupporting

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Effectiveness of Krisoker Janala in Disseminating Agricultural Information: An Innovative Tool

Sultana¹,

Ali²,

Islam³

et al. 2019

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Krisoker Janala (Farmers Window) is a newly develop app that is used by the agricultural extension agent of Bangladesh to spread information to the farmers. In this regard, the objectives of this study were to assess the effectiveness of Krisoker Janala for disseminating agricultural information and to explore the contributory factors of using Krisoker Janala. Data were collected from 106 Sub Assistant Agriculture Officers (SAAOs) under four upazilas (sub district) of Chuadanga district. A face to face interview followed by structured questionnaire was conducted to collect data from the SAAOs during a period of early June to the end of July, 2018. The result of interview revealed that 64.2% of the respondents perceived that use of Krisoker Janala is moderately effective while 24.5% and 11.3% of them perceived as less and high effective respectively. Multiple regression analysis was applied to identify significant factors and it was found that out of seven factors, three namely extent of ICT use, the information quality of Krisoker Janala and use of Krisoker Janala had significant positive contribution to their perceived effectiveness of Krisoker Janala for disseminating agricultural information. So, the policy makers should consider to these important factors in order to increase the effectiveness of this agro based app as well as for providing better service to the farmers.

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“…Favorable perception influence people to use technology. [16] revealed that farmers favorable perception influence them to use adaptation strategy which is similar to the present study.…”

Section: The Contribution Of the Selected Characteristics Of The Respsupporting

confidence: 89%

Effectiveness of Krisoker Janala in Disseminating Agricultural Information: An Innovative Tool

Sultana¹,

Ali²,

Islam³

et al. 2019

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“…Education may help the beneficiaries to broaden their outlook towards utilizing of SELP loan. Similar findings were observed in the case of [14,15] who mentioned that education is an important factor to uplift socio-economic condition of the rural farmers through the use of smart adaptation strategies. With the increase of age, a man increases his experience and knowledge which might help to utilize SELP loan more effective way to increase their socio-economic condition [16,17].…”

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confidence: 85%

Impact of Small Enterprise Loan Programme of Palli Daridro Bimochon Foundation on the Beneficiaries Socio-economic Development: A Case of Bangladesh

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Islam²,

Ali³

et al. 2022

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Various government and non-government organizations in Bangladesh are trying to socio-economic development of the rural poor through Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). In this context, the purpose of the study was to assess the impact of small enterprise loan programme (SELP) of Palli Daridro Bimochon Foundation (PDBF) on the socio-economic development of the beneficiaries. The study was conducted in four upazilas (sub-district) of Bangladesh. Face to face interview was conducted to collect relevant data from the randomly selected 271 respondents. The survey revealed that majority (69.40%) of the respondents developed their socio-economic conditions which ranged from medium to high level compared to 30.60 % of the respondents was at low level. The regression result showed that the socio-economic development of the beneficiaries is characterized by their higher age, higher education, longer experience in involvement, higher savings, lower loan availability, higher satisfaction and favourable attitude towards SELP. The findings may contribute to improving SELP beneficiaries’ socio-economic condition through more effective policies.

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“…However, sometimes the reverse condition also happened that is higher the involvement lower the success in an activities. Attitude is also an important item to accept a technology or loan for improving socio-economic condition [16][17][18]. The study findings indicate favorable attitude of the beneficiaries lower the problem face socioeconomic development activities.…”

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Challenges of Small Enterprise Beneficiaries of Palli Daridro Bimochon Foundation: An Organization Work for Rural Development in Bangladesh

Islam,

Ali

et al. 2024

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The major purpose of the study is to determine the extent of the problems faced by the small enterprise beneficiaries of Palli Daridro Bimochon Foundation (PDBF) on their socio-economic development and to explore the relationships between the socio-economic characteristics of the small enterprise beneficiaries and their problem. A total of 838 small enterprise beneficiaries of four upazilas under 55 districts of PDBF constituted the population of the study. A face to face interview survey was conducted to collect data from the randomly selected 271 respondents. The major proportion (61.62 percent) of the small enterprise beneficiaries faced medium problems in their socioeconomic development, while 19.56 percent faced high and 18.82 percent faced low problems. An overwhelming (81.18%) majority of small enterprise respondents of PDBF faced medium to high problems faced. Among fourteen problems, a high rate of interest was ranked 1st, followed by inadequate loan amount as per demand and duplication of business in the same business area. Correlation analysis revealed that length of involvement, savings deposit, loan availability, satisfaction towards loan received condition, and attitude towards Small Enterprise Loan Program (SELP) of PDBF were significantly associated with the problems of small enterprise respondents. Therefore, it may be recommended that the PDBF authority should consider the significant factors to reduce the respondents’ problem and to maximize their socioeconomic development.

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Farmers' Perception towards Harmful Effects of Climate Change on Agriculture

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Effectiveness of Krisoker Janala in Disseminating Agricultural Information: An Innovative Tool

Effectiveness of Krisoker Janala in Disseminating Agricultural Information: An Innovative Tool

Impact of Small Enterprise Loan Programme of Palli Daridro Bimochon Foundation on the Beneficiaries Socio-economic Development: A Case of Bangladesh

Challenges of Small Enterprise Beneficiaries of Palli Daridro Bimochon Foundation: An Organization Work for Rural Development in Bangladesh

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