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Effectiveness of Demonstration Plots Organized in Bangladesh: Farmers’ Experiences

A.R. Anik
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Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB), Dhaka

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

This article is based on findings of a Report Card Survey conducted by Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB). Limited number of farmers participated in different demonstration plots organized by the Chandpur Sadar Upazilla Krishi Office. These plots were found to be organized mainly by farmers having prior experiences to do so. These farmers had much better income and land holding status than their counterpart who did not organize demonstration plots. During demonstration plots, farmers received quality input and effective advice services from the office staff. Their motivation level towards the demonstration plot technology and willingness to practice the same in future was quite high.

Keywords: Krishi Office, Demonstration plots, Experiences

Location: Chandpur Sadar Upazilla

Start Date: 00-03-2005

End Date: 00-03-2006

Program Area: Knowledge Management

Non-commodity: Efficiency

Objectives:

To identify socio-economic status of the farmers who were involved with demonstration plots;
To identify effectiveness of demonstration plots from the experiences of the farmers; and
To identify the nature and extent of mismanagements and/or irregularities that the farmers experienced regarding demonstration plots organized by the office.

Methodology:

To attain the objectives of the study multi- stage random sampling technique was employed Different stages involved in sampling were selection of agricultural blocks (administrative working area of a krishi office), selection of villages and selection of farmers. A total of 549 randomly selected farmers were interviewed during the survey. Of them, 72 farmers organized demonstration plots (plots organized by farmers with technical and some input support from agriculture office to orient local farmers to new technologies) during March 2005 to March 2006. Among others, 387 farmers were from blocks where demonstration plots were organized and the rest 90 farmers were selected from blocks where demonstration plots were not organized. In the article the 72 farmers who organized demonstration plots during March 2005 to March 2006 were identified as demonstration plot organizers whereas others were identified as other farmers. The survey was conducted during July ’06 to August ’06 using a semi-structured interview schedule. Both the statistical and tabular analysis were used for the study. Most of the findings were presented by using frequency and arithmetic means. Chi-square test was used to explore the differences between the selected characteristics of the farmers. The contingency co-efficient (Cramer's V) was computed to measure the strength of relationship between the variables under Chi- square test. Throughout the study, 5% level of probability has been used as the basis of statistical significance.

Source of Information: Bangladesh Journal of Extension Education, Volume 18, No.1&2, 2006:97-104 ISSN 1011-3916

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Achievement/Findings:

Limited number of farmers had experiences to organize and visit demonstration plots and farmers who organized demonstration plots, but most of the farmers who experienced these services found these to be effective. During demonstration plots most of the farmers reported to get good quality inputs and timely advice services and expressed their willingness to practice the technology in future, though many of the demonstration plot organizers were not satisfied with yield performances of their plots. A notable percentage of the farmers believed that new technologies can be learnt from demonstration plots and these plots can play an effective role to increase production of their locality.

Knowledge Management: Journal