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FARMER’S PERCEPTION TO CLIMATE SMART POTATO VARIETIES IN NORTHERN REGION OF BANGLADESH (Pages : 1 - 5)
M.M. ALI M.S. HOSSAN, N. AKTER, M.M. KHANAM AND M.R. KHANThe main focus of the study was to assess the extent of perception level of farmers towards climate smart potato varieties that are capable of combating changing impact of climate. The study was carried out in three northern district of Bangladesh viz. Dinajpur, Thakurgaon and Panchagarh. Three hundred farmers were randomly selected for data collection from twenty villages under the upazilla namely, Birgang, Dinajpur Sadar, Thakurgaon Sadar, Debiganj and Panchagarh Sadar. A pre-tested interview schedule was used to collect the data from the respondents. For measuring the perception, eight climate smart potato varieties viz. BARI Alu-41 (heat tolerant), BARI Alu-46 (late blight resistant), BARI Alu-53 (late blight resistant), BARI Alu-72 (heat and salt tolerant), BARI Alu-73 (heat and salt tolerant), BARI Alu-77 (late blight resistant), BARI Alu-90 (late blight resistant), and BARI Alu-91 (late blight resistant)were considered in this study. Descriptive statistical measures such as frequencies, percentage distributions, ranges, means, standard deviations and coefficient of variations were used in describing the variables. The results revealed that most of the farmers (72.3%) had very low perception whereas only 7.0% of the farmers had high perception to climate smart potato varieties taken in this study. So, it is expected that the proper awareness program and planning should be taken in order to increase farmer’s perception to climate smart potato varieties.Download