Role of Government and Non-Government Organizations in Boosting Agricultural Production towards Meeting Household Nutrition as Perceived by Rural Women

Authors

  • Kawsher Ahmed Post graduate student, Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • M Zulfikar Rahman Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • M Golam Farouque Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • M Asaduzzaman Sarker Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202
  • Md. Rayhan Sojib Post graduate student, Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2022.1.34.6740-6749

Keywords:

Agricultural production, GOs and NGOs, Household nutrition, Role, Perception, Agricultural Production; Household nutrition; GO and NGO; Perception; Bangladesh

Abstract

The study was undertaken to have an understanding of rural women’s perception of the role played by the government and non-government organizations (GOs and NGOs) to boost agricultural production in Lama upazila under Bandarban district of Bangladesh towards meeting household nutrition. Besides, attempts were made to explore the quality of service provided by the GOs and NGOs to boost agricultural production and to explore the problems faced by them to meet the demand of household nutrition. Eighty six percent of rural women perceived the role played by the GOs and NGOs as 'somehow satisfied' to 'satisfied level'. Among the rural women, 90 percent of the respondents expressed that they face moderate to high level of problems to meet their demands for household nutrition. The services from the all concerned GOs and NGOs should be provided in such a way that could help more to boost agricultural production as well as meet the demand of household nutrition of the rural women in the study area.

Author Biographies

Kawsher Ahmed, Post graduate student, Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202

         

M Zulfikar Rahman, Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202

   

M Golam Farouque, Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202

   

M Asaduzzaman Sarker, Professor, Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202

   

Md. Rayhan Sojib, Post graduate student, Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202

Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

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2023-08-19

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Kawsher Ahmed, M Zulfikar Rahman, M Golam Farouque, M Asaduzzaman Sarker, & Md. Rayhan Sojib. (2023). Role of Government and Non-Government Organizations in Boosting Agricultural Production towards Meeting Household Nutrition as Perceived by Rural Women. Journal of Extension Education, 34(1), 6740–6749. https://doi.org/10.26725/JEE.2022.1.34.6740-6749

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Vol. 34 No. 1 (2022): JOURNAL OF EXTENSION EDUCATION

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