| dc.description.abstract | The purposes of the study were to determine the relationships between the selected
characteristics of tobacco farmer and their faced constraints during tobacco cultivation,
and to identify the major constraints faced by the farmers. The study was conducted in
two unions namely Alampur and Ekarchali unions of Taraganj upazila of Rangpur
district of northern region of Bangladesh. Data were collected from 88 tobacco farmer
with a structured interview schedule during 12 March to 10 April 2018. The selected 9
characteristics of the tobacco farmer were considered and constraints faced by the
tobacco farmer was the focus issue. The findings revealed that 62.50 percent of the
respondents faced medium constraints while 22.73 percent faced low constraints and
14.77 percent faced high constraints. In contrast to individual statements it is evident
that out of ten statements the highest proportion of farmers faced on ‘Cultivation
technique is labor intensive’ (CFI=261.5) and ranked 1st position followed by ‘Lack of
cash resources’ (CFI=239.7) and ranked 2nd position, ‘Lack of training on tobacco
cultivation’ (CFI=226.9) and ranked 3rd position. Farmer faced less constraints on
‘Lack of knowledge on quality of tobacco leafs, Quality seed not available at sowing
time, Extension support is not adequate during cultivation’ and followed by
(CFI=133.3), (CFI=108.9), (CFI=95), and were in 8th, 9th and 10th position
respectively. Among the 9 characteristics of the tobacco farmers 7 characteristics
namely education, farm size, training experience, knowledge on tobacco cultivation,
annual family income, cosmopoliteness and attitude towards tobacco cultivation
showed negative significant relationship with their constraints and the rest were
failed to show any relationship with the focus issue. In case of suggestion the foremost
(25.64 percent) suggestion cited by the farmers was improving new technology for
minimizing labor requirement, high market demand and price should be assured.
‘Arrange more training’ was the second most important (17.94 percent) suggestion
offered by the farmers. ‘Providing quality seeds in proper time’ (12.82 percent) was
suggested by the farmers as the last suggestion. | en_US |
