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Scholars Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences | Volume-7 | Issue-01
Knowledge of Farmers to Sustainable Agriculture Practices: A Case Study in Southwestern Region of Bangladesh
Mithun Kumar Ghosh, Shaikh Shamim Hasan, Md. Enamul Haque, Md. Jamal Uddin
Published: Jan. 10, 2020 |
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DOI: 10.36347/sjavs.2020.v07i01.002
Pages: 5-12
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Abstract
The agricultural sector is facing major challenges, which can affect the entrepreneurial farming activities. One of the
major challenges is the adoption of practices leading to sustainable agriculture. Therefore, it is relevant to investigate
the knowledge of the main actors in agriculture: the farmers. The main purpose of this study was to determine the
knowledge of the farmers towards sustainable agricultural practices so that the farmers can adopt sustainable
agricultural practices more effectively for producing more. So it is needed to ascertain the knowledge of the farmers.
Farmers bear knowledge on sustainable agriculture which they acquired from different sources. By this study it was
trying to identify that whether the knowledge is sufficient to adopt sustainable agricultural practices. This study was
completed through filling up questionnaire by interviewing 90 respondents who were selected using the simple random
technique. The major finding of this study was that about 85% respondents of the study area had low to medium
knowledge on sustainable agricultural practices. Therefore the findings suggest that the respondents were not bearing
enough knowledge to practice sustainable agriculture.