Problems Faced by the Farmers Using Recommended Farming Technologies in Northern Char Areas of Bangladesh

Nur-E-Shahrin Nurani, Thahamina Bagum and Aysha Akter

Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2025, vol. 43, issue 5

Abstract: The strategy for using machineries in farm land in different regions will be different depending on the conditions and resources of that region. The study was conducted on northern char farmers under Nilphamary and Kurigram District of Bangladesh. This paper was carried out to study the socio-economic profile of the northern char farmers’ and their problems faced during the use of recommended technology. Random sampling procedure was used to determine the sample size of 150. The data were analyzed by correlation analysis and rank order of PFI technique. Findings illustrated that majority of the respondents (75%) had moderate to low problem facing in that area regarding the use of technology. The findings of this study also indicated that among ten major problems against technology using ‘lack of legal support in case of using technology,’ was considered 1st ranked problem. ‘Lack of special support in any sort of adverse situation, ‘was 2nd ranked problem and ‘Lack of legal soil testing support to identify field problem for using machinery was 3rd ranked problem. Government support with proper monitoring team should be necessary for applying machineries in farmers field properly.

Keywords: Farm; Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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