| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of the study was to determine the farmers' awareness on environmental degradation
caused by the harmful effect of modern rice cultivation technologies and also to explore the
relationships between eleven selected characteristics of the farmers and their awareness. Hundred
farmers of the selected two villages Daudpur and Noikhai of Mogla Bazar union & another two
villages Khalpar and Gopshahar of Mollargaon union of South Surma upazilla under Sylhet district
constituted the sample of the study. Data were collected interviewing the farmers using personal
interview schedule. Data were collected during the period from 19 September to 19 October,
2015. Among these hundred respondents 15% had low, 66% respondents had medium and 19%
of the respondent had high knowledge about modern rice cultivation technologies. While 20%
respondents had low, 50% respondents had medium and 30 % had high use of modern
technology by the farmers in rice cultivation. Among the respondents 2% had poor, 88%
respondents had medium and only 10% had high awareness about environmental degradation
caused by the use of modern rice cultivation technologies. Out of eleven independent variables,
three of them, that is academic qualification, annual family income and modern technology used
by the farmers in rice cultivation had positive significant relationships with their awareness on
environmental degradation caused by the harmful effect of modern rice cultivation technologies.
Eight independent variable i.e. gender, age, family size, farm size, organizational participation,
communication exposure, innovativeness and knowledge about modern rice cultivation
technology had no significant relationship with their awareness on environmental degradation
caused by the harmful effect of modern rice cultivation technologies. | en_US |
