This confirms that the thesis entitled "IMPACT OF BRAC SOCIAL FORESTRY PROGRAM AS PERCEIVED BY WOMEN BENEFICIARIES" has been submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS. Correlation coefficient between the selected characteristics of the beneficiaries and the effect of the BRAC social forestry program as perceived by them. Distribution of beneficiaries according to the constraints they face in participating in the social forestry program Distribution of beneficiaries according to their attitude towards BRAC.
Distribution of female BRAC beneficiaries based on the duration of their involvement in the social forestry program.
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The purpose of the study was to determine the extent of the perceived impact of the social forestry program by BRAC beneficiaries. We tried to investigate the relationships between 11 independent variables and the beneficiaries' perceived impact of social forestry. The study also investigated the contribution and direct and indirect effects of selected variables on the perceived impact of beneficiaries of the social forestry program.
These four variables explained 47.4 percent of the total variation in the perceived impact of women beneficiaries of the social forestry program.
ABSTRACT
Chapter 1
- BR AC: Gatew ay focusing rural women's potentiali ty
- Women: Th e tar get people
- Statement of Problem
- Assumption s of the Stud y
- Literature on Different Aspect s of Social For estry or Relat ed M att er s Jha ( 1999) reported the results of a survey which was conducted during 1995 to
- Level of education
- Liter ature Relat ed to Relation ship s b etween Select ed Charac teri stics a nd Impact of d iffer ent aspect s
- Participation in Social forestry Pro gram
- Duration of involvement
- Annual Family income
- Tra ining expo su r e
- At titude
- Th e Conceptu al Fra mework of th e Stud y
- Constrain ts
- Popul at ion and Sampl e of th e Stud y
- The Loca le of the Study
What relationships exist between selected characteristics of the female beneficiaries and their perceived impact of social forestry program? What are the contributions of the female beneficiaries' selected characteristics to their perceived impact of social forestry program? The aim of the study would be to have an understanding of the existing impact of social forestry.
Basak (1997) found that the family size of the rural women under BRAC had a significant positive relationship with their impact of participating in BRAC rural development activities. Waheduzzaman (2004) found that rural women's family size had no significant relationship with their livelihood impact of NGO intervention. Basak (1997) in his study found that rural women's attitudes towards BRAC had a significant positive relationship with their impact of participating in BRAC rural development activities.
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- Data Collecting Proce d ur e
- T he Researc h Design
- Meas u re ment of ind ependent var iab les
- Vari ab les and their Meas ur ement
- Tr a inin g exposure
- Constraints faced in social for estry pro gram
- l Compil at ion of data
- Statist ical techni qu es
- Research hypothe ses
- Hyp ot heses of the St ud y
- Null hypoth esis
- Chapter 4
The impact of the social forestry program as perceived 3.6 Selection of dependent and independent variables. These were age, level of education, family size, farm size, annual family income, duration of involvement in the social forestry program, participation in the social forestry program, exposure to training, knowledge of social forestry, attitude toward BRAC, and constraints faced by social forestry. forestry program. . The main focus of this section is the comparative constraints faced by female beneficiaries in participating in the social forestry program.
For describing the different characteristics and impact of social forestry program as perceived by the female beneficiaries, the respondents were classified into various categories. 34; Each of the 11 selected characteristics (age, level of education, family size, farm size, annual family income, duration of involvement in social forestry program, participation in social forestry program, training exposure, knowledge about social forestry, attitude towards BRAC and constraints that exist in the social forestry program) faced by the female beneficiaries have significant relationships with their perceived impact of social forestry program of BRAC." 34;Each of the 11 selected characteristics (age, level of education, family size, farm size. annual family income, duration of involvement at social forestry programme, participation in social forestry programme, training exposure, knowledge about social forestry, attitude towards BRAC and constraints faced in the social forestry programme) of the female beneficiaries have no significant.
34;Each of the 11 selected characteristics (age, education level, family size, farm size. annual family income, duration of involvement in social forestry program, participation in social forestry program, training exposure, knowledge of social forestry, attitude toward BRAC, and limitations in social forestry program) of the female recipients have significant. The outcomes of social forestry program as perceived by the female BRAC beneficiaries ranged from 15 to 31 against the possible range of 0 to 36. The distribution of respondents according to their perceived impact of the social forestry program is shown in Table 4.1.
The first section deals with the impact of social forestry as perceived by the female beneficiaries. The fifth section, comparative constraints faced by the women beneficiaries in the social forestry program, was discussed.
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
Specific obj ectives
The increasing demand for food to feed the country's growing population is creating constant pressure on nature. The largest percentage (62.9 percent) of female beneficiaries could only sign their name, compared to 18.1 percent with 'primary education level'. By age, the majority 44.8 percent of respondents were young, compared to 38.1 percent middle-aged and 17.1 percent old.
Majority proportion (65. 7 percent) of the women beneficiaries have observed high impact, compared to 22.9 percent moderate impact and 11.4 percent low impact. The majority (49.5 percent) of the female beneficiaries were moderately knowledgeable, compared to 43.8 percent adequate knowledge and 6.7 percent poor knowledge. The highest percentage (81.9 percent) of respondents were low training exposure, compared to 10.5 percent medium training exposure and 7.6 percent no training exposure.
The majority (87.6 percent) of beneficiaries had moderate participation, compared to 7.6 percent low participation and 4.8 percent high participation. The largest proportion (81.0 percent) of respondents had low duration, compared to 14.3 percent medium duration and 4.8 percent high duration. Low-income families had the highest proportion (46.7 percent) of respondents, compared to a moderate-income family of 34.3 percent and a high-income family of 19.0 percent.
Majority proportion (46.7 percent) of the women beneficiaries had marginal farm holder, compare to 35.2 percent small farm holder and 18.1 percent medium farm holder. Highest proportion (61.0 percent) of the respondents had medium family size, compare to 28.6 percent small and 10.5 percent large family size.
- Relation ship s between selected characteristics of th e women beneficiari es and their perceiv ed impac t of social for estry
- Conclu sions
- R ecommenda t ions for policy implication s
The duration of involvement in the social forestry program of women beneficiaries was positively related to their perceived impact of the social forestry program. Farmers' annual family income had a positive and significant relationship with their perceived impact of the social forestry program. The above facts lead to the conclusion that the higher annual family income of the beneficiary women may increase their perceived impact of the social forestry program.
Beneficiaries' family size was positively related to their perceived impact of the social forestry program. The level of education of the beneficiaries had a significant positive relationship with their perceived impact of the social forestry program. From these facts, we can conclude that a higher level of education of the respondents could increase their perceived impact of the social forestry program.
Respondents' attitudes towards BRAC had a positively significant relationship with their perceived impact of the social forestry program. Respondents' exposure to training had a positively significant relationship with their perceived impact of the social forestry program. Therefore, it can be concluded that greater exposure to training of respondents could increase their perceived impact of the social forestry program.
Participation in social forestry program of the women beneficiaries had a positive relationship with their perceived impact of social forestry program. Annual family income of the respondents may increase the perceived impact of social forestry program. Therefore, it can be concluded that higher attitude towards BRAC of the respondents can increase their perceived impact of social forestry program.
Fewer constraints faced by beneficiaries could increase the perceived impact of the social forestry program.
Atti tu de towa rd s BRAC 8
2 (-) Management support of BRAC for different programs is not at the level of as per demand. 3 (+) programs run by BRAC are very important for improving socio-economic development of the rural women. Please state the extent of the limitations you have experienced in participating in the social forestry program of BRAC.
7 (-) BRAC's programs are apparently good; but it has no reality at all 8 (-) In the guise of town. 9(+) Many people think that BRAC programs are risk-oriented business, but according to my evaluation, it is profitable and it is wise to be involved in it. 10 (-) Many activities of BRAC are. Please state the extent of change that has occurred as a result of involvement in the social forestry program of BRAC in relation to the following items.
Xs =Annual family income X11 =Limitations in social forestry program X6 =Duration of engagement in social work.
Corr elation Matri x
APPENDIX III
BRAC realized that more long-term and sustained efforts were needed to change the lives of the poor. BRAC aims to do this by empowering the poor so that they can build sustainable capacities to fight poverty. BRAC started its activities in the Sulla area of Sylhet in February 1972 with the primary objectives of relief and rehabilitation.
Social capital built by organizing the poor into their own groups through which they interact with BRAC and other formal institutions. BRAC believes that a common platform created by the poor themselves is a key prerequisite for the poor to be counted in the development process. A Village Organization (VO) is an association of landless poor people who come together with the help of BRAC with the aim of strengthening their capacity for sustainable development while enabling them to participate in the national development process.
VO promotes a structured organization of the rural poor, with particular emphasis on women's participation. Using a specific set of criteria to identify those families on the fringes of society who are too poor to benefit from standard microfinance opportunities, BRAC designed a subsidized scheme that included income-generating assets, education and health services. CFPR-TUP has received widespread national and international recognition and sets the standard for other development organizations that aim to serve the poorest of the poor.
In Bangladesh, which ranks as one of the poorest and most densely populated countries in the world. 98 percent of BRAC's microfinance members are women, and these members belong to the 170,000 Village Organizations (VOs) that BRAC has created, which serve as a forum where the poor can collectively address the key structural obstacles to their development, receive credit, mobilize savings and build on their social capital.