Problem confronted by the growers in spices cultivation practice in Shibganj Upazila under Bogura District

The main objective directed the present study was to identify the problem confronted by the growers in spices cultivation in Shibganj upazila under Bogura district. Three unions of the upazila were purposively selected based on the vicinity to the Spices Research Center, Bogura. Ninety growers were randomly selected from 270 spices growers in three unions of the upazila. Data were collected from selected growers using pre-tested interview schedule. Eleven selected characteristics of the growers were considered as independent variable whereas problems faced in spices cultivation was the dependent variable. Majority (67.8%) of the growers were middle aged, the highest portion (61.1%) of them belonged to primary level education. Major proportion (60.0%) of them had small family size, almost all of them (98.9%) possessed small to medium farm size, and huge majority (87.8%) of them earned up to $2823 annually. About three-fourth (73.3%) of the farmers had medium extension contact, half of them (50.0%) had poor training experience while 40.0 percent of them had medium innovativeness. Huge majority (85.5%) of the farmers had small to medium spices cultivation area (up to 0.6ha) while almost three-fourth (72.2%) of them had medium to long durational (11 to above 20 years) practice of spices cultivation. Major three problems faced in spices cultivation practice identified were “higher price and inadequate supply of inputs”, “lack of proper land management technology” and excessive pest and disease infestation”. Vital suggestions from the growers to overcome the problems were “adequate supply of spices cultivation inputs”, “improving knowledge spices cultivation” and “enhancing functional communication”. Only family size of the growers showed significant positive relationships with their problem confrontation in spices cultivation practice.