| Farmers’ characteristics | Categories of the farmers | Scoring method | % respondents | Range | Mean | Std. deviation | |
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| Age | Young (18 - 35) | Years | 28 | 28 | 65 | 41.77 | 8.433 |
| Meddle aged (36 - 50) | 58 | ||||||
| Old aged (>50) | 14 | ||||||
| Farming experiences | Low (Up to 13 years) | Years | 20 | 5 | 45 | 19.44 | 7.811 |
| Medium (14 to 26 years) | 67 | ||||||
| High (Above 26 years) | 13 | ||||||
| Training received | Training received (1) | Dummy | 40 |
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| Not training received (0) | 60 | ||||||
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| Education | Illiterate (0) | Years of schooling | 27 | 0 | 18 | 6.16 | 4.929 |
| Primary (1 - 5) | 27 | ||||||
| secondary (6 - 12) | 39 | ||||||
| Higher studies (13 & above) | 7 | ||||||
| Family size | Low (Up to 4) | Number | 45 | 1 | 13 | 4.93 | 1.827 |
| Medium (5 to 6) | 48 | ||||||
| High (Above 6) | 7 | ||||||
| Farm size | Landless & Marginal (Up to 0.2 ha) | Hectare | 2 | 0.18 | 20 | 1.57 | 2.638 |
| Small (0.21 - 1 ha) | 63 | ||||||
| Medium (1.1 - 3.0 ha) | 25 | ||||||
| Large (3.1 ha and above) | 10 | ||||||
| Number of plots | Low (Up to 5) | Number | 60 | 1 | 27 | 6.35 | 5.170 |
| Medium (6 - 10) | 28 | ||||||
| High (above 10) | 12 | ||||||
| Family income | Low Up to (85000) | 1 BDT = 0.01$ | 36 | 46,600 | 5500,000 | 238,201 | 276,737 |
| Medium (85001 - 200000) | 41 | ||||||
| High (above 200000) | 23 | ||||||
| Credit received | Credit received (1) | Dummy | 75 |
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| No credit received (0) | 25 | ||||||
| Market access | Market access (1) | Dummy | 76 |
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| No market access (0) | 24 | ||||||
| Cooperative involvement | Involved cooperative (1) | Dummy | 51 |
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| Not involved (0) | 49 |
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| Extension contact | Low (up to 11) | Scale | 21 | 6 | 38 | 19.09 | 8.269 |
| Medium (12 - 22) | 42 | ||||||
| High (23 and above) | 37 | ||||||