CONSTRAINTS FACED BY THE CCDB BENEFICIARIES FOR BIOCHAR PROMOTION

Abstract

The study was undertaken to determine the extent of constraints as faced by the CCDB beneficiaries for biochar promotion. The study was conducted in Nawabganj Upazila under Dinajpur district. Ninety eight (98) CCDB beneficiaries were selected as sample from a recent list biochar promoters using random sampling method. Data were collected by a pre-tested interview schedule during 15 March to 15 May 2017. The focus issue constraints on biochar promotion were measured with 4-point rating scale such as not at all, low, medium and high and scores of 0, 1, 2 and 3 were assigned respectively. The overall constraints of biochar promotion were computed by adding together all the individual scores obtained by him/her for all the constraints. Besides the usual descriptive statistical parameter, Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) was used for the statistical analysis. The highest proportion (60.2 percent) of the CCDB beneficiaries had faced medium constraint, while 36.7 percent had low and only 3.1 percent had faced high constraint for biochar promotion. Among the 10 selected characteristics of the CCDB beneficiaries, four (4) of them namely annual income, credit received, innovativeness and knowledge on biochar showed negative and significant relationship with the constraints of biochar promotion. The top rank constraint faced by the CCDB beneficiaries was ‘lack of fuel-wood materials’ followed by ‘cooking habit with traditional stove’ was 2nd and ‘difficult to control Chula temperature’ was the 3rd constraint for biochar promotion. The lowest constraint faced by the CCDB beneficiaries was ‘high price of Akha Chula’.