ROLE OF FIELD ORGANIZER’S IN IMPLEMENTING ONE HOUSE ONE FARM PROJECT AS PERCEIVED BY THE BENEFICIARIES

Abstract

The main objectives of this study were to assess the role of field organizer in implementing one house one farm project as perceived by the beneficiaries and the individual characteristics of the farmers and also explore the relationship between the role of field organizers and characteristics of project beneficiaries farmers in implementing one house one farm project. An up to date list of all the one house one farm families of the selected villages were prepared with the help of field organizer and BRDB staff of Alokdia union in Modhupurupazilla. There are sixty one house one farm families in every village of Alokdia union (The number of one house one farm family in a village was settled by the project authority). Therefore in total there are 540 one house one farm families in Alokdia union of Modhupurupazilla. To manage the research work properly and timely 20% of the populations were randomly selected as the sample of the study by using random sampling method. Data were collected from 108 farmers of nine villages of Alokdia union by using a structured interview schedule. Appropriate scales were developed in order to measure the concerned variable. A statistical software package named SPSS was used to analyze the data and Karl Pearson Correlation Coefficient was used to test the relationship between the independent and dependent variables. Sample size was determined by using random sampling method. The degree of role performance was ascertained as perceived by the owners of one house one farm project. About 49.07% of the total respondents perceived that the field organizer performed highest role, 40.07% performed low group of role. Significant relationships were found between age, level of education, farm size, media contact and role of field organizer toward one house one farm project.