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FARMERS’ KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE TOWARDS SUMMER TOMATO CULTIVATION OF BAGHERPARA UPAZILA UNDER JESSORE DISTRICT IN BANGLADESH (Pages : 17 - 21)

The purpose of the study was to determine farmers’ knowledge and attitude towards summer tomato cultivation and also to explore the relationships between each of eight selected characteristics of the farmers and their knowledge and attitude towards summer tomato cultivation. The study was conducted in 6 villages of Bagherpara upazila under Jessore district. The populations of summer tomato farmers in these villages were 168, from which 101 samples were drawn by using random sampling technique. A structured interview schedule was used for collecting data from March 20 to April 5, 2015. It was found that the majority (52.4 percent) of the farmers’ possessed high knowledge, while 42.6 percent of the farmers possessed medium knowledge and only 5 percent of the farmers had low knowledge on summer tomato cultivation. It was also found that about 49.5 percent of the farmers had favorable attitude, while 37.6 percent farmers had unfavorable attitude and 12.9 percent farmers showed neutral attitude towards summer tomato cultivation. By calculation of the Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation it was found that education, land possession, annual family income, extension contact of the farmers had positive significant relationship with farmers’ knowledge on summer tomato cultivation, while problem faced had negative relationship with their knowledge. Land possession of the farmers had positive significant relationship with their attitude towards summer tomato cultivation. Vast majority (95 percent) of the farmers had medium to high knowledge on various aspects of summer tomato cultivation. Here also about half (49.5 percent) of the farmers had favorable attitude towards summer tomato cultivation. The cultivation of summer tomato will not be possible to improve to a significant extent unless the concerned authorities take proper steps to improve farmers’ attitude towards summer tomato cultivation.Download