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Factors Affecting Adoption of Improved Sugarcane Production Technologies Among the Growers of a Sugar Mills Zone

F. Rahman
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

M. R. Islam
Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System, SAU, Dhaka

M. Z. Haque
Dept. of Agricultural Extension and Information System, SAU, Dhaka

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

This study aimed at analyzing the factors affecting adoption of improved sugarcane cultivation technologies by the growers of a sugar mills zone in cultivating sugarcane and also to explore the relationship between selected characteristics of the growers with their extent of adoption of improved sugarcane cultivation technologies. Based on Improved Sugarcane Cultivation Technologies Use Index (ISCTUI), highest proportion of the farmers covering 46% had medium adoption of improved sugarcane cultivation technologies followed by 37% low adoption and 17% having high adoption of technologies. The highly adopted technologies are ratoon management and recommended varieties which ranked 1st and 2nd respectively and paired row planting ranked 15^th was the least adopted technology. Out of eleven selected characteristics of the farmers such as education, farm size, farming experience, training exposure, organizational participation, extension media contact, innovativeness, input availability and awareness about improved sugarcane of improved sugarcane cultivation technologies revealed positive significant relationship with their adoption of improved sugarcane cultivation technologies. Age and annual family income had no significant relationship with their extent of adoption of improved sugarcane cultivation technologies.

Keywords: Sugarcane, Improved technologies, Selected characteristics, Innovativeness

Location: Mill Gate sub-zone of Pabna Sugar Mills, Ishurdi, Pabna

Start Date: 25-04-2008

End Date: 22-05-2008

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Adoption of technology

Objectives:

1. To determine the extent of adoption improved sugarcane cultivation technologies,

2. To identify the personal, social, educational, psychological and other factors that have influence (either positive, negative or no relationship) on the adoption level of farmers' about improved sugarcane cultivation technologies.

Methodology:

The study was conducted at Mill Gate sub-zone of Pabna Sugar Mills under Ishurdi Upazila of Pabna district during 25 April 2008 to 22 May 2008. Under this sub-zone, there are 12 Cane Development Units with the total population of 882 farmers constituting the population of this study. About 13.04% of farmers were selected randomly and proportionately from all these units which consisted of 115 farmers. These 115 farmers constituted the sample for the present study. The extent of adoption of improved sugarcane cultivation technologies by the farmers was considered as the dependent variable of the study. The scores of the respondents were computed on the basis of the respondents' adoption of 15 improved technologies namely, "Recommended sugarcane varieties, early planting, use of certified seed, seed treatment with chemicals, trench method, STP method, paired row planting, recommended dozes of fertilizer, intercropping with sugarcane, flood irrigation, use of IPM practices, earthing up, spade harvesting, detrashing of dry leaves and ratoon management". A four-point rating scale such as 'frequently', 'occasionally', 'rarely' and 'not at all' was used and the corresponding scores assigned are 3,2,1,0 for using improved technologies 'frequently', 'occasionally', 'rarely' and 'not at all' respectively was used to measure the extent of adoption of improved sugarcane cultivation technologies. As 15 improved sugarcane technologies were selected for the study, so the range of improved sugarcane technologies adoption score of a respondent could vary from 0 to 45, where, 0 indicate adoption of no technologies at all and 45 indicate adoption of different improved sugarcane technologies frequently. Eleven characteristics of the farmers selected as the independent variables for this study include age, education, farm size, annual income, farming experience, agricultural training exposure, organizational participation, extension media contact, innovativeness, input availability and awareness about improved sugarcane cultivation technologies. The collected data were compiled, tabulated and analyzed in accordance with the objectives of the study. Percentage, range, mean, standard deviation etc were used as statistical measure describing adoption of improved sugarcane cultivation technologies and their selected characteristics. Correlation and regression analysis were used for determining relationship of adoption improved sugarcane cultivation technologies with their selected characteristics.

Source of Information: BANGLADESH JOURNAL OF SUGARCANE, Vol. 32, pp. 124-131, April 2011, ISSN- 1991-8925.

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Achievement/Findings:

Out of eleven selected characteristics of the farmers such as education, farm size, farming experience, training exposure, organizational participation, extension media contact, innovativeness, input availability and awareness about improved sugarcane of improved sugarcane cultivation technologies revealed positive significant relationship with their adoption of improved sugarcane cultivation technologies. Age and annual family income had no significant relationship with their extent of adoption of improved sugarcane cultivation technologies.

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