TRAINING NEEDS OF CCDB BENEFICIARIES AND NON-BENEFICIARIES FOR BIOCHAR PROMOTION

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to determine training needs of CCDB Beneficiaries and Non-Beneficiaries for Biochar promotion. Data were collected from the CCDB Beneficiaries and Non-Beneficiaries at Daudpur and Mahmudpur union of Nawabganj Upazila under Dinajpur district through personal interview. A pretested and structured interview schedule was used to collect data from the respondents during 16 August to 17 September 2017. Descriptive statistics are performed to explain the selected characteristics of the tribal women. Student t-test (Independent Sample t-test) for difference of means was computed regarding any selected characteristics and focus issue in order to measure the difference between the CCDB and non-CCDB beneficiaries. Results indicated that majority (65.4 percent) CCDB beneficiaries needed low training on biochar promotion followed by 34.6 percent needed medium training, but in case of CCDB non-beneficiaries, majority (53.8 percent) of them needed high training on biochar promotion activities, while 44.2 percent needed medium training and only 1.9 percent needed low training. There were significant differences between the selected characteristics of the two groups of beneficiaries such as annual income, extension media contact and knowledge on Biochar. In addition, significant difference also observed between the two groups of beneficiaries in terms of training needs. Coefficient of correlation (r) was computed to explore the relationship between the seven selected characteristics including age, education, family size, farm size, annual income, extension media contact, knowledge on Biochar and their training needs for Biochar promotion. Among seven selected characteristics, there were significant relationship between the selected characteristics of the CCDB beneficiaries and their training needs in term of farm size and knowledge on Biochar. On the other hand, there were significant relationship between the selected characteristics of the CCDB nonbeneficiaries and their training needs in term of education, farm size, annual income and knowledge on Biochar. The 1st ranked training needs on biochar production and utilization for Biochar promotion was ‘balanced use of biochar in crop field’ followed by ‘methods of using Biochar in crop field’ was ranked 2nd for both CCDBbeneficiaries and Non-beneficiaries.