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Contribution of selected factors on farmers’ work performance towards fertilizer application in rice of Bangladesh

There is enormous possibility to increase rice yield in Bangladesh. Inefficient and often imbalanced fertilizer use impedes farmers from achieving expected yields. It is evident from past research that farmers have resorted to applying fertilizers at inappropriate rates that do not match well with t...

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Main Authors: Bagum, Thahamina, Uddin, Md. Kamal, Hassan, Salim, Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty, Rahman, Md. Zulfikar, Haque, Ahmad Numery Ashfaqul
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Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96528/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.965282023-01-11T08:28:01Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96528/ Contribution of selected factors on farmers’ work performance towards fertilizer application in rice of Bangladesh Bagum, Thahamina Uddin, Md. Kamal Hassan, Salim Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty Rahman, Md. Zulfikar Haque, Ahmad Numery Ashfaqul There is enormous possibility to increase rice yield in Bangladesh. Inefficient and often imbalanced fertilizer use impedes farmers from achieving expected yields. It is evident from past research that farmers have resorted to applying fertilizers at inappropriate rates that do not match well with the nutrient requirement of certain crops. Therefore, this study explores the contribution of selected factors that influence farmers’ work performance and determine the highest contributing factors on farmers’ work performance towards fertilizer application in rice. This research used a multistage simple random sampling method to select 355 farmers from twenty-one rice production areas of Bangladesh. Data, collected using a structured questionnaire, were subjected to multiple linear regression analysis to explore the contribution of selected factors and identify the highest contributing factors towards farmers’ work performance. Results revealed that all the factors explained 56.1% of the variance in farmers’ work performance. Motivation of farmers was found to be the highest contributing factor, followed by knowledge that influences farmers’ work performance. The study concludes that farmers need to be equipped with essential knowledge and motivation crucial to strengthening their work performance as this will subsequently increase rice production. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021 Article PeerReviewed Bagum, Thahamina and Uddin, Md. Kamal and Hassan, Salim and Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty and Rahman, Md. Zulfikar and Haque, Ahmad Numery Ashfaqul (2021) Contribution of selected factors on farmers’ work performance towards fertilizer application in rice of Bangladesh. Sustainability, 13 (19). art. no. 10795. pp. 1-20. ISSN 2071-1050 https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/19/10795 10.3390/su131910795
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description There is enormous possibility to increase rice yield in Bangladesh. Inefficient and often imbalanced fertilizer use impedes farmers from achieving expected yields. It is evident from past research that farmers have resorted to applying fertilizers at inappropriate rates that do not match well with the nutrient requirement of certain crops. Therefore, this study explores the contribution of selected factors that influence farmers’ work performance and determine the highest contributing factors on farmers’ work performance towards fertilizer application in rice. This research used a multistage simple random sampling method to select 355 farmers from twenty-one rice production areas of Bangladesh. Data, collected using a structured questionnaire, were subjected to multiple linear regression analysis to explore the contribution of selected factors and identify the highest contributing factors towards farmers’ work performance. Results revealed that all the factors explained 56.1% of the variance in farmers’ work performance. Motivation of farmers was found to be the highest contributing factor, followed by knowledge that influences farmers’ work performance. The study concludes that farmers need to be equipped with essential knowledge and motivation crucial to strengthening their work performance as this will subsequently increase rice production.
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author Bagum, Thahamina
Uddin, Md. Kamal
Hassan, Salim
Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty
Rahman, Md. Zulfikar
Haque, Ahmad Numery Ashfaqul
spellingShingle Bagum, Thahamina
Uddin, Md. Kamal
Hassan, Salim
Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty
Rahman, Md. Zulfikar
Haque, Ahmad Numery Ashfaqul
Contribution of selected factors on farmers’ work performance towards fertilizer application in rice of Bangladesh
author_facet Bagum, Thahamina
Uddin, Md. Kamal
Hassan, Salim
Kamarulzaman, Nitty Hirawaty
Rahman, Md. Zulfikar
Haque, Ahmad Numery Ashfaqul
author_sort Bagum, Thahamina
title Contribution of selected factors on farmers’ work performance towards fertilizer application in rice of Bangladesh
title_short Contribution of selected factors on farmers’ work performance towards fertilizer application in rice of Bangladesh
title_full Contribution of selected factors on farmers’ work performance towards fertilizer application in rice of Bangladesh
title_fullStr Contribution of selected factors on farmers’ work performance towards fertilizer application in rice of Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Contribution of selected factors on farmers’ work performance towards fertilizer application in rice of Bangladesh
title_sort contribution of selected factors on farmers’ work performance towards fertilizer application in rice of bangladesh
publisher Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
publishDate 2021
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96528/
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