Factors Influencing The Adoption Of Integrated Pest Management (Ipm) By Vegetable Farmers In The Narsingdi District, Bangladesh
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Date
2015-09
Authors
Kabir, Muhammad Humayun
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
The objectives of the study are to determine the factors that significantly
influence vegetable farmers’ decision to adopt IPM, to examine the influence of
locational factors in IPM adoption and to identify the major barriers of IPM
adoption. The study was conducted at Belabo upazila of Narsingdi district which is a
hot spot for vegetable cultivation as well as pesticide application. Data were
collected from vegetable farmers through conducting a household survey, field
observation and discussion. The survey of the study indicates that less than one third
of the farmers (30%) adopt IPM. The binary logistic regression model which was
performed to find out the factors that determine the adoption of IPM, showed
significant influence of several factors including farmer field school training, land
ownership status, perception towards IPM, distance from farmers’ house to the
nearest market, use of improved variety, frequency of extension contact and distance
from farmers’ house to agriculture office. Out of two important locational factors,
distance to market was one of the total three most important factors. Locational
factors improved the validity of the model especially in the context of correct
prediction or accuracy. They improved model accuracy by 11% (percent). These
findings indicate that locational factors role is important in influencing vegetable
farmers’ decision to use IPM. However, with regard to the level of importance, their
contribution is lower than those of institutional and economic but higher than those
of social and management factors. The majority of farmers did not adopt IPM
because of several reasons, such as availability of pesticides, lack of knowledge
about IPM, labour intensive, lack of training facility, inadequacy of IPM materials,
lack of coordination between farmers and the extension agents, outcome from IPM
practices is time being, similar price of IPM and non-IPM vegetables, fear about IPM
programs and influence of pesticide agents. Among these, lack of knowledge about
IPM, lack of training facility and inadequacy of IPM materials are top three
important barriers. Explanations are provided for the role of significant factors in the
adoption of IPM, and the ways to overcome barriers are also suggested. The findings
can contribute towards the development of a strategic policy on increasing the
adoption of this environmentally friendly approach (IPM).
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The factors that significantly influence , vegetable farmers.