Question

Economical and social impacts of mushroom cultivation

Answer 1

The main purpose of this study was to determine the impact of mushroom cultivation on socioeconomic condition of beneficiaries. The study also aimed at explaining the socio demographic characteristics of the respondents with exploring the relationship between all these characteristics and their income from mushroom cultivation of the respondents. The study was conducted in four villages (vatpara, jamsing, purbo jamsing and joypara) of savar upazilla in Dhaka district. For this purpose seventy five respondents were selected randomly. Data were personally collected by the researcher, compiled and interpreted as per objectives of the study. The findings indicated that most of the respondents of the study area were middle aged (67%) and had secondary to above secondary level of education (76%) with small to medium (78.6%) family. On the other hand most of them had medium extension contact (60.4%), highly cosmopolite (39%), medium utilization of mass media (64%) although they are moderately innovative (67%) minded. The respondents had an average two years mushroom farming experience which developed favorable attitude (73%) towards mushroom cultivation. Coefficient of correlation analysis indicated that respondent's annual income, mushroom farming experience and mass media utilization had positive significant relationship with income from mushroom cultivation although age had negative significant relationship. Mushroom cultivation brought positive impact on different aspects of livelihood of the beneficiaries. Annual income, standard of living and household condition of the beneficiaries were increased as compared to the previous year. Considering all these it can be said that mushroom cultivation is beneficial both for social and economic improvement.

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