In the original published version of this article, the ethical approval statement was incorrect which has been corrected to reflect that the study was carried out with the understanding that it did not require formal ethical approval at the time of data collection.
The original manuscript showed the ethical statement as:
5 Ethical standard
Ethical approval for this research was obtained from the Research Management Committee (RMC) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), which is renamed as Gazipur Agricultural University (GAU) as of 12 February 2025. The entire investigation was carried out in accordance with the standards of the Helsinki Declaration regarding the survey of human subjects. The survey was conducted anonymously and voluntarily, and verbal consent was obtained from all potential respondents before the interview. The data collected for this study were handled with strict confidentiality.
The corrected version of the ethical statement can be found below:
5 Ethical standard
Ethical exemption was retrospectively obtained from the Research Management Committee (RMC) of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU), renamed Gazipur Agricultural University (GAU) as of 12 February 2025, reference no. BSMRAU/RMW/Certificate/2024/3091, dated 29-05-2024. The entire investigation was carried out in accordance with the standards of the Helsinki Declaration regarding the survey of human subjects. The survey was conducted anonymously and voluntarily, and verbal consent was obtained from all potential respondents before the interview. The data collected for this study were handled with strict confidentiality.
The authors apologize for the errors.
Declaration of competing interest
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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