ATTITUDE OF THE PROFESSIONAL LEADERS (SUB-ASST. AGRICULTURE OFFICERS) TOWARDS RECOMMENDED DOSES OF CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS & PESTICIDES

Abstract

related w ith a particular profession and at the same time bears all the leadership. qualitic-, .md acti' irics. Sn \\C can sa) them professional lenders. I he major focus of this studv wns to determine the attitude or the prolcssinnul leader" (Suh-Asst. griculiural Officers SAAO"s) towards recommended doses or chemical fertilizers and pesticides and to explore the relationships between the selected chnractcri-aics of the :.\A(Ys. Data for this stud) were collected from total eight) eight <;;;_\t\Crs. I his population were covered all the three upazilas or Narayanganj district. I he researcher collected data bv himself throuuh distribution or interv ic« schedules to the ()AAO"s durinu J '1 - ... - Augus: to 11 1 • eptember-"2006. Coefficient or correlation {r) was computed in order to explore the relationships betw ccn the dependent and independent variables. I lo\\ e\ er. dcscripiiv c statistics like mean. standard dcv iation. range. minimum. maximum values were computed to describe the dependent and independent variables. r he findings or this study rev ca led that 28 percent or :AAO"s had highl;. fo\ ourablc auiurdc towards recommended doses or chemical Icrtili/cr-, ~111d pesticides. while 48 percent had modcraicly nl\ ourablc and the rest 24 percent had sl ightl) lln curable auiiudc towards recommended doses of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. I he correlation test show cd that age. training experience. cosmopolitcncss, media exposure and h.110\\ ledge 011 chemical fertilizers. pesticides and irrigation \\ aicr of the S.\.\()".., had ... ignificant positive relationships with their attitude towards recommended doses of chemical fertilizers and pesticides. While income or the S,\,\O"s had negative relationship with their attitude towards recommended doses or chemical fertilizers and pesticides.