Developing Country Studies www.iiste.org ISSN 2224-607X (Paper) ISSN 2225-0565 (Online) Vol 1, No.2, 2011 Farmers’ Problem Confrontation Towards Seed Potato Production Kh. Zulfikar Hossain Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh. Cell: +8801729174419 E-mail:
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[email protected] Abstract The objectives of the study were to (i) determine the farmers’ problem confrontation towards seed potato production, (ii) describe the selected characteristics of the farmers and (iii) explore the relationships between the selected characteristics of the farmers and their problem confrontation towards seed potato production. The selected characteristics of the seed potato growers were age, education, farm size, annual income, experience in potato production, training experience, extension media contact, innovativeness and knowledge on potato production. Data were collected from 105