Perceived education needs of the Young Farmers in Gazipur District

Abstract

A selected geographical area in Gazipur district was considered for the study and the population were all the farmers in this area between the age of 20 and 40 years. A multistage sampling procedure was used to select 174 farmers. Valid and reliable instrument was to collect pertinent data from the respondents. The findings revealed that regardless of the farming situation or demographic characteristics, farmers perceived their level of agricultural knowledge as similar; extension agents were an important source of new agricultural information: farmers viewed educational institution with agricultural courses as places where their successors should learn the skills needed for farming; agricultural mechanics was the area where farmers possessed the least knowledge and where the greatest educational needs existed; farming was still a full time activity for most of the farmers and farmers basically possessed a limited formal education