FARMERS’ KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MODERN PINEAPPLE (Ananas comosus) PRODUCTION AT THE HILLY AREA OF SREEMANGAL UPAZILA UNDER MOULVIBAZAR DISTRICT

B Deb, MA Islam* and M Kamruzzaman
Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University, Volume 8, Issue 1, 2021, Pages 1-6

Abstract:

The focus of the study was to determine the knowledge of the farmers about modern techniques of pineapple (Ananas comosus) production in hilly areas. For doing so, 13 questions were constructed on various yield enhancing aspects of modern pineapple production, including selection of quality sucker to the uses of hormones, and identifying the exact symptom of harvesting in the pineapple field. Data were collected from randomly selected 75 respondents of three villages – namely, Radhanagor, Mohazerabad and Lakhai of Sreemangal upazila, Moulvibazar district using pre-tested interview schedule from 1 September to 2 October, 2020. A score of 2 was given for each correct answer, 1 for partially correct answer and 0 to each incorrect answer. Thus, the score obtained for 13 questions represented the knowledge score of any respondent. Results revealed that about 57% of the pineapple growers had medium knowledge of modern method of pineapple production, while 28.0% had low and only about 15% had high knowledge in this regard. However, an overwhelming majority (87%) of them had strong knowledge about maturity symptoms of fruits, the majority (53%) had clear knowledge about Giant Kew and Honey Queen-two modern varieties of pineapple, and 51% could flawlessly answer the modern planting methods in terrace, about 48% correctly answered planting time, sucker number and sucker qualities for plantation. In comparison, 79% of the respondents did not know major diseases and pests of pineapple and their remedies. They (76%) had no clear ideas about irrigation requirements and their determining factors. About 60% of the respondents had either partially correct or inadequate knowledge of hormone applications. Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient (r) indicated that age (0.265*), educational qualification (0.447**), annual income (0.238*), experience of pineapple cultivation (0.479**) and communication exposure (0.766**) were found to positively significant relationship with the knowledge of pineapple growers, while family size (0.091), farm size (0.176), land area under pineapple cultivation (0.140), credit received (0.129) had no significant relationship.

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Farmers' knowledge, Pineapple


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B Deb, MA Islam* and M Kamruzzaman. 2021. FARMERS’ KNOWLEDGE ABOUT MODERN PINEAPPLE (Ananas comosus) PRODUCTION AT THE HILLY AREA OF SREEMANGAL UPAZILA UNDER MOULVIBAZAR DISTRICT, Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University 8(1): 1-6.