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Adoption of Selected Homestead Agricultural Technologies by the Rural Women in Madhupur Upazila Under Tangail District

M. Asaduzzaman
Assistant Inspector
Bangladesh Madrasah Education Board, Dhaka, Bangladesh

M. H. Rahman
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural Extension Education, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh

H. Jahan
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The major objectives of the study were to determine the adoption of selected homestead agricultural technologies by the rural women and to explore the relationships between the characteristics of rural women and their adoption of selected homestead agricultural technologies. The study was conducted in three villages of Musuddi union of Madhupur upazila under Tangail district. Out of 485 farm families, 100 rural women were selected as the sample of this study. Data were collected by a structured interview schedule from the selected rural women during 01 December 2001 to 15 January 2002. Adoption of selected homestead agricultural technologies by the rural women was ascertained through an adoption scale. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to explore the relationships between the concerned variables. The findings revealed that majority of the rural women (55 per cent) had medium adoption of selected homestead agricultural technologies which was followed by 44 per cent having high and only 1 per cent having low adoption. Of the ten selected characteristics of the rural women age, educational qualification, homestead size, knowledge about homestead agriculture, training exposure and extension contact had significant positive relationships with their adoption of selected homestead agricultural technologies. The rest of the variables, namely family size, farm size, annual income and organizational participation did not show any significant relationship with rural women's adoption of selected homestead agricultural technologies.

Keywords: Adoption, Rural women, Homestead agricultural technologies

Location: Musuddi, Jhupna and Shoya of Madhupur upazila under Tangail district

Start Date: 01-12-2001

End Date: 15-01-2002

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Income generation

Objectives:

1. To determine and describe adoption of selected homestead agricultural technologies by the rural women. The technologies were homestead vegetables production technologies, post harvest technologies and poultry rearing technologies.

2. To explore the relationships between the selected characteristics of the rural women and their extent of adoption of selected homestead agricultural technologies. The selected characteristics were: age, education, family size, homestead size, farm size, annual family income, knowledge about homestead agriculture, training exposure, extension contact and organizational participation.

Methodology:

Considering resources and time available for the researchers, three villages, namely Musuddi, Jhupna and Shoya of Madhupur upazila under Tangail district were purposively selected as the locale for this piece of study. A total of 485 farm families of the three villages constituted the population of the study. It was considered that each family head had at least one housewife. Data were collected from a sample of 100 housewives (54 from Musuddi, 26 from Shoya and 20 from Jhupna) while the sample was selected following a table of random number. An interview schedule (in BangIa) was used to collect data. An adoption scale was used in the schedule to collect data on adoption of homestead agricultural technologies. Three major technology groups viz. i) homestead vegetables cultivation technologies ii) post harvest technologies and iii) poultry rearing technologies were selected for the study, while each of the technology groups contains five activities, such as for homestead vegetables cultivation technologies the activities were soil management before sowing or transplanting for better production, application of manure and fertilizers in beds or pits, staking, mulching or artificial propagation when necessary, vegetative propagation of plants and collection and preservation of seeds of modern vegetables varieties. For post harvest technologies the activities were threshing with mechanical thresher or by recommended manner (e.g. using Pedal Thresher), winnowing maintaining proper time and direction, drying in recommended manner, grading with recommended manner and storing with safe bags and pesticides with recommended dose. For poultry rearing technologies the activities were rearing of improved breed of poultry, collection and preservation of eggs of modern poultry breeds, care of chicks for better production, arrangement for vaccination and making of balanced food for poultry. For each of the items the respondents were asked to indicate nature of adoption assigned as "no adoption", "regular practice", occasional practice" and "rare practice" and for these statement score were assigned as 0, 3, 2 and 1 respectively. Thus 15 items were selected to measure adoption score of a respondent. Further, for duration of adoption, scores were assigned as 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 for 1-2 years, 3-4 years, 5-6 years, 7-8 years and 9-above years respectively. Thus the adoption score of a rural woman under one of the three technology groups could range from 0-75, where zero indicated no adoption and 75 indicated highest adoption. Total adoption score of a respondent was computed by summing one's scores in all the three selected aspects of adoption. Hence total adoption score of a respondent could range from 0 to 225, where 0 indicating no adoption and 225 indicating highest adoption. Data were collected through the pre-tested distributed questionnaire during 01 December 2001 to 15 January 2002. For exploring the relationship between selected characteristics of respondents and their adoption of selected homestead agricultural technologies, Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Coefficient (r) was computed.

Source of Information: Progress. Agric. 15(1) : 57-63, 2004, ISSN 1017-8139

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Achievement/Findings:

Rural women of the study area were found adopting each of the selected homestead agricultural activities i.e. homestead vegetable cultivation technologies, post harvest technologies and poultry rearing technologies. The extent of participation was at least medium in all cases which might be considered as encouraging. In fact, there were some reasons for which all activities could not reach in high adoption score, such as inadequate quality seed and seedling, quality breed, semen, veterinary medicine, appropriate technology and instrument etc. and lack of credit facilities, training facilities, vaccination facilities, knowledge on insect-pests and diseases, information in proper time and poor extension service etc. The homestead agricultural activities are mostly performed by women in our country and have been rightly reflected in the present study and of course, their extent of adoption in different items under each activity varied depending on nature of the activity, availability of inputs, technical know-how and also due to other characteristics of the rural women.

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