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Adoption of Farming Technology by the Charland Farmers

M.Z. Hoque
MS Student
Dept. of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur

M.E. Haque
Associate Professor
Dept. of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur

M.S.I. Afrad
Dept. of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur

M.A. Hossain
Dept. of Agricultural Extension and Rural Development, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The main objective of this study was to determine the extent of adoption of farming technology by selected char land farmers. The study was conducted in Monsurnagar union of Kazipur upazila under Sirajgonj district. Data were collected from randomly selected 120 charland households heads using pre-tested interview schedule during May to June 2010. Majority of the respondents were found middle aged having primary level of education, medium family size, small farm size, medium income, moderate farming experience and low contact with information sources. Charland farmers are using different technology for management of diversified farming systems like crop, livestock and poultry, fisheries and homestead agroforestry. Majority of the respondents (41.7%) were medium category in adoption of different farming technologies whereas 40 percent respondent had low adoption and only 18.3 percent respondent had high adoption. Charland farmers are practicing some promising technologies like goat rearing, pigeon rearing, beef fattening, cultivation of vegetables in homestead areas and cultivation of spices and condiments in shady places. Education, farm size, family size, annual income and contact with the sources of information showed significant positive relationship with their adoption of farming technology.

Keywords: Farming technology, Adoption, Charland.

Location: Kazipur Upazila of Sirajgonj district

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Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Adoption and mitigation technology

Objectives:

i) To describe the extent of adoption of farming technology by charland farmers.

ii) To determine socio-economic characteristics of the respondent and their relationship with adoption of farming technology.

Methodology:

The study was conducted in Kazipur Upazila of Sirajgonj district taking Maznabari and Charchinna villages from Monsurnagar union. Total number of farmers in the two villages was 445 which constituted population of the study of which, 120 farmers were selected randomly as the respondents covering 27 percent of active population. A pre-tested interview schedule was used to collect data from the respondents during May to June 2010. Age, education, family size, farm size, farming experience, annual income and extension contact of the respondent was considered as independent variable whereas adoption of farming technology was considered as dependent variable of this study. Adoption of farming technology was determined as same as Aurangozeb (2002). A four point Likert type scale was used for computing the extent of adoption of farming technology score. Weightage of the responses against each technology were assigned in the following way. Scores of 0, 1, 2 and 3 were assigned for “no use”, “low use”, “medium use” and “high use”, respectively. The weightage of responses of all the farming technologies adopted by an individual respondent were added together to obtain the extent of adoption of farming technology. For a better understanding regarding the particular farming technologies adopted by the respondents, a Technology Adoption Index (TAI) was computed. The TAI was calculated by multiplying the frequency counts of each of the technologies with its corresponding weights such as 3 for “frequently”, 2 for “occasionally”, 1 for “rarely” and 0 for “not at all”. By adding all the values of each cell together, the score of TAI was calculated .The TAI for each technology could range from 0 to 360 where zero indicating ‘not at all’, while 360 indicating ‘high adoption’ of such farming technologies. Statistical measures like number, range, percent, mean, standard deviation and Pearson’s correlation coefficient ‘r’ were calculated using SPSS program.

Source of Information: Bangladesh Journal of Extension Education, Volume 22, No. 1&2, 2010:49-55, ISSN 1011-3916

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Achievement/Findings:

Findings indicated that char land farmers are using different farming technology in their farming enterprises (crops, livestock, fisheries and agroforestry).The majority of the charland farmers had low to medium level adoption of farming technologies. So, there remains further scope to increase the level of adoption of farming technologies. For this, there is a need for strengthening extension services by GOs and NGOs to ensure a continuous flow of information and technical know-how to the charlanders for enhancing their skills and knowledge in the respective areas. Adoption of farming technologies by the charland farmers was increased with higher level of education, larger farm and family size, higher annual income and greater contact with sources of information. It implies that, the socio-economic characteristics of the char land farmers have profound influence on their adoption of farming technology. Therefore, government (specially DAE) and non- government (CARE,CLP) development initiatives should consider these attributes while formulating any capacity strengthening programs and projects related to management of charlands.

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