FACTORS AFFECTING ADOPTION OF COMMERCIAL VEGETABLE CULTIVATION IN SOME AREAS OF BANGLADESH

Abstract

Responding to climate amicable global summons, Bangladesh attempts to exalt UNSDSN

principles focusing „International Fruit and Vegetable Year-2021‟. Nation‟s horticultural welfare-oriented planning stimulates farmers swap to sustainable vegetable cultivation. This study illustrated the factors influencing vegetable commercialization from grain crop. A dichotomous logistic regression analysis was conducted using statistical package program (comprising Hosmer-Lemeshow, R 2 cox-snell and R 2 Nagelkerke tests) and enumerating marginal effect co-efficient value. 120 local participants from four districts of Madhupur tract (purposive sampling) were queried thirteen quantitative responses. Research revealed age, IPM consciousness, women participation, crop selling market and grain crop independence were statistically significant corresponding with marginal effect coefficient.

Moreover, study depicted that 73.3% of farmers was stimulated by extension department, with 80% willingness to extend arable vegetable land over 46% than before. Furthermore, almost 80% respondents confronted incentives with having 73% significant impact on livelihood and social security. Finally, some perplexities were distinguished along with compatible suggestions to mobilize country‟s self-complacent in vegetable.