TY  - JOUR
T1  - Sustainable Agriculture and its Determinants in Northern Bangladesh
AU - Elias Hossain, Md. AU - Khairul Islam, Md. AU - Monirul Islam, Mohammad 
JO  - Research Journal of Agronomy
VL  - 12
IS  - 3
SP  - 17
EP  - 24
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1815-9354
DO  - rjagr.2018.17.24
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=rjagr.2018.17.24
KW  - Agriculture
KW  -sustainability
KW  -farmer’s perception
KW  -sustainability index
KW  -determinants
KW  -Bangladesh
AB  - The present study is an attempt to examine
farmer’s perception of sustainable agricultureand its
determinants in Northern Bangladesh. Using farm-level
survey data, the study measures the knowledge of the
farmers toward sustainable agriculture and determines the
extent to which different factors influence their
perception. By random sampling technique, a total of 100
farmers are selected. The perception of farmers about
sustainable agriculture is measured using Likert scale.
The sample farmers ranked certain selected sustainable
agricultural practices on a 5-point scale basis and the
total of these ranksformed the sustainable agriculture
perception index. The index scores are calculated for each
farmer and aretaken as the dependent variable in the
regression analysis model. Descriptive analysis has been
done to understand the level of perception of the farmers
about sustainable agriculture while the regression analysis
enablesus to identify the key determinants of farmer’s
perception about sustainable agriculture in the study area.
Finally, some recommendations are made based on the
findings towards enhancing sustainable agriculture in
Bangladesh.
ER  -