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Socioeconomic Changes of Farmers Due to Adoption of Rice Production Technologies in Selected Areas of Sherpur District

Mr. A. Mukherjee
M S Fellow
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The study was aimed at finding out the changes occurred in different aspects of socioeconomic conditions of the framers due to adoption of rice production technologies. For the present study data were collected from 90 randomly selected farmers in three villages of Gourdwer union under Nakla upazila of Sherpur district with the help of interview schedule. Correlation and t-test were used to ascertain the relationship between the concerned dependent and independent variables. Findings revealed that about 51 percent of the farmers had medium adoption while 33 percent had high adoption of rice production technologies. Correlation analysis indicates that education, annual income showed significant positive relationships, and age and family size of the farmers showed significant negative relationships with their adoption of rice production technologies. Besides farm size did not show any significant relationship with their adoption. Findings also showed a significant increase in annual income (from Tk.88.82 thousand to Tk.109.26 thousand), food consumption expenditure (from Tk.17.35 thousand to Tk.20.41 thousand), housing environment (scores rose to 14.22 from 7.82) and family status of the framers (scores increased from 19.46 to 27.82). The differences between before and after changes in income, expenditure, housing environment score and family status score were statistically significant.

Keywords: Rice production technology; Adoption; Socioeconomic changes

Location: Gourdwer union under Nakla upazila of Sherpur district

Start Date: 01-04-2008

End Date: 31-12-2009

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Adoption of technology, Social status

Objectives:

The general objective of the research was to determine the level of adoption of rice production technology and its impact on the socioeconomic condition of the farmers. However, the specific objectives were to find out the changes occurred in different aspects of socioeconomic condition of the farmers due to adoption of rice production technologies, and to examine the relationship of technology adoption and socioeconomic changes of farmers with their selected characteristics.

Methodology:

Population and sampling design: An up to date list of all farm family heads using only modern rice production technologies of the selected villages was prepared with the help of Sub Assistant Agricultural Officer (SAAO). The list comprised a total of 900 farmers which constituted the population of this study. In the present study random sampling was followed. Approximately 10 percent of the rice growers from the population were selected from study area by using a table of random number (Fisher and Yates, 1963). Thus, the sample size for Lava was 28, Gourdwer was 39 and Runigai was 23 making the total sample size of 90 farmers

Methods of data collection:The survey method was followed in the present study. It is argued that the method is comparatively less costly, less time consuming, easier to employ and most appropriate for data collection from the farms. Data were collected by using a structured interview scheduled. Before preparing and applying the schedule, the researcher communicated with the Agricultural Officer of Nakla, concerned SAAO’s, educated persons and local leaders of the study area.

Measurement of independent variable:Age: Age of the respondent farmer was measured by counting the actual years from birth to the time of interview on the basis of the respondent’s statement.Education: To measure education, a score of 1 was assigned for each year of schooling. Family size: Family size was operationally measured by assigning a score of 1 for each member of the family who jointly lived and ate together.

Measurement of family status:Family status was measured on the basis of the extent of change occurred in four selected dimensions such as change in education, family structure, decision making and access to health care facilities. These four dimensions had two situations – ‘before’ and ‘after’. All before and after situation scores had been added together separately. Finally change in family status score was measured by computing ‘before’ and ‘after’ situation.

Source of Information: J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 7(2): 335–341, 2009

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Funding Source:

1. Government

Budget: 500000

Total Budget (Tk.) : 500000

Achievement/Findings:

Socioeconomic characteristics of the sample farmers: A number of socioeconomic aspects of the sample households were examined. These were age, level of education, family size, farm size and annual income. Distribution of the farmers according to their different characteristics has been presented

Adoption of rice production technologies: The adoption of rice production technologies of the respondents ranged from 37.03 to 55 against the possible range of 0 to 100. The average adoption was 45.36 with a standard deviation 3.74 based on the adoption scores, the respondents were classified into three categories: “low adoption” (up to 41 percent), “medium adoption” (41.01-48.99 percent), and “high adoption” (49 and above percent). The distribution of respondents according to their adoption of rice production technologies has been shown in Table 2. The highest proportion (51 per cent) of the farmers fell under the medium adoption category, while 33 percent had high adoption and 16 per cent had low adoption.

Relationship between characteristics and technology adoption by the farmers: Age of the farmers had a significant negative relationship with their adoption of rice production technologies. The relationship between concerned variables was low. This finding indicates that the less is the age of the farmers the more was their adoption of rice production technologies. Thus, it could be said that young farmers had favorable tendency to adopt rice production technologies. On the other hand, the findings indicate that education of the farmers had a significant and positive relationship with their adoption of rice production technologies. The farmers, who have higher education likely to have higher adoption of rice production technologies. Family size of the farmers had negative significant relationship with their adoption of rice production technologies. Findings mentioned above indicate that farmers’ having large family size were less responsive to the adoption of rice production technologies.One of the important findings suggests that farm size of the farmers had no significant relationship with their adoption of rice production technologies. Therefore it was concluded that annual income of the farmers had a positive significant relationship with their adoption of rice production technologies.The findings indicate that with the increase of annual income, there was corresponding increase of adoption of rice production technologies. The finding is quite logical, because rice production technologies are costly. Thus, availability of money is more essential to solve the financial inconveniences of the farmers to a considerable extent.

Socioeconomic changes due to adoption of rice production technology: For measuring the impact of technology adoption on the socioeconomic conditions of the respondents before adoption were compared with their present condition. After adopting rice production technologies, the socioeconomic condition of the respondents was changed significantly.Finding of the study and the logical interpretation of their meaning in the light of other relevant facts promoted to conclude that the adoption of rice production technologies by the farmers was more or less satisfactory, as nearly as 84 percent of the farmers had medium or high adoption. Due to adoption of rice production technologies, yearly income, food consumption expenditure of the farmers has increased. At the same time housing environment has significant improvement after adoption of rice production technologies. In the study area changes in the family status which is associated with income and other socioeconomic correlates of the farmer have occurred due to adoption of new technologies in rice production. However to meet the overgrowing demand of food, nutrition and environmental problems, there is a need to enhance the rate further and extent of adoption of rice production technologies among the farmers. Particularly, both the GOs and NGOs worker should provide appropriate technical and management related information to all farmers thorough continued improvements in extension and other support services.

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