title: Which factor contribute most to empower farmers through e-Agriculture in Bangladesh?
abstract: The purpose of this research was designed to investigate the impact of e-Agriculture on farmers of Bangladesh. Empowerment is stratified as economic, family and social, political, knowledge and psychological empowerment. Data were collected in Bhatbour Block of Dhighi union under Sadar Upazila of Minikganj District. Data were collected in two phases from the same group of respondents (in August, 2013 and September, 2015). Two sample t test and step-wise multiple regression method were used for analysis. The results showed that e-Agriculture had significant impact on the empowerment of farmers of Bangladesh. Additionally, the study concluded that the most significant factor behind the empowerment of farmer was the use of e-Agriculture which could explain almost 84 % of the total variation of the empowerment. Based on the findings, it is recommended that government should implement e-Agriculture based projects on a massive scale for the empowerment of the farmers.
authors: Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, 1207 Bangladesh.
authors: Sheikh Mohammed Mamur
authors: SM
authors: Rashid
authors: Department of Finance, University of Dhaka, Dhaka, 1000 Bangladesh.
authors: Md Rezwan
authors: MR
authors: Islam
authors: Department of Agronomy, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka, 1207 Bangladesh.
authors: Md
authors: M
authors: Quamruzzaman
keywords:  Digital Bangladesh;  Farmer’s empowerment;  Modern agriculture; Agricultural extension; Usages of agricultural technology; e-Agriculture