TRAINING NEEDS OF FARMERS ON POTATO CULTIVATION AT PARBOTIPUR VILLAGE IN RANG PUR DISTRICT

Abstract

The study was conducted in Rangpur Pouroshava under Sadar upazila of Rangpur District to study the training needs of farmers on potato cultivation. Parbotipur village of Rangpur Pouroshava in Sadar upazila of Rangpur District selected purposively as the locale of the study. Potato growers of this selected village constituted the population of the study. An updated list of 417 farmers from the selected village was prepared with the help of Sub-Assistant Agriculture Officer of this locality. Around 25% of the populations were randomly selected as the sample of the study by using random sampling method. Thus, 104 potato growers constituted the sample of the study. A well structured interview schedule was developed based on objectives of the study for collecting information. The researcher himself collected data through personal contact. Among the respondents, in training needs of farmers on potato cultivation the highest 62.50 percent belongs to high level training needs group followed by 20.19 percent in medium level training need and 17.31 percent in low level training need group. Age and problems of potato farmers had significant positive relationships with their training needs on potato cultivation but level of education and farm size had significant negative relationship. Family size and agricultural knowledge of the farmers had non significant positive relationships with training needs of farmers on potato cultivation but annual family income, organizational participation, cosmopoliteness and knowledge on potato production & marketing had non significant negative relationship