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Adoption of Wheat Cultivation by the Farmers of Two Selected Villages of Basail Upazila in Tangail District

MOHAMMAD ALI AZAM
MS. Student, Reg. NO. 25187/00315
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM,SHER-E-BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY DHAKA-1207

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The finding revealed that about three-fourth (71.2%) of the growers had medium adoption, 13.6 percent had low and 15.2 percent had high adoption of wheat cultivation .Computed ‘r’ value depicts that selected characteristics of the farmers, namely, farm size, annual income, extension media contact, cosmopolite ness, agricultural knowledge, attitude towards wheat cultivation and innovative ness had significant positive relationship with the adoption of wheat cultivation. Age, education and family size had no significant relationships with the adoption of wheat cultivation. More than two-thirds (68 percents) of the growers faced medium problems, 20 percent faced low and 12 percent faced high problem confrontation regarding adoption of wheat cultivation. Ten problems indicated by the growers, which they are confronting related to wheat cultivation. Wheat growers confront 5 major problems in descending order of importance were: (1) Lack of Subsidy (2) Lack of sufficient machineries and tools for wheat cultivation (3) Inadequate help from Block Supervisors (4) Inadequate irrigation in dry season (5) Scarcity of modern variety of seed, fertilizer and pesticides when they are needed.

Keywords: Adoption, Wheat cultivation, Farmers

Location: The study was conducted in two villages namely, Kallanpur and Gilabari at Kaoaljani union of Basail upazila of Tangail district.

Start Date: 10-02-2006

End Date: 10-03-2006

Program Area: Crop-Soil-Water Management

Commodity: Wheat

Objectives:

1. To determine and describe some selected characteristics of the farmers.

2. To determine the adoption behavior of farmers regarding wheat cultivation.

3. To explore the relationships between selected characteristics of the farmers and their adoption of wheat cultivation. The selected characteristics are:

(a) Age

(b) Education

(d) Farm size

(e) Annual income

(f) Organizational participation

(g) Extension media contact

(h) Cosmopoliteness

(i) Agricultural knowledge

(j) Attitudes towards wheat cultivation

(k) Problems

(l) Innovativeness

4. To describe the extent of problems faced by the farmers in adopting wheat cultivation.

Methodology:

The study was conducted in two villages namely, Kallanpur and Gilabari at Kaoaljani union of Basail upazila of Tangail district.

Design of the Study

The design of the study was a descriptive survey research. It was designed to describe the relationship between selected characteristics of the farmers and their extent of adoption of wheat cultivation practice.

Population and Sampling Design

Simple random sampling method was used to select the villages under the study. Out of six unions one union- Kaoajani was selected randomly. From this union two villages- Gilabari and Kallanpur were selected using simple random sampling method. Then a list of wheat growers of these two villages was made by the help of the Sub-Assistant Agricultural Officer. The number of wheat growers of these two villages was 625. Only heads of these 625 wheat growers constituted the population. Twenty percent of the wheat growers were selected from each village by using proportionately Systemic random sampling methods. As a result 125 farmers constituted the sample size. In addition to that, 2 percent of the population was selected randomly and proportionately from each of the selected villages. Thus, the additional sample, so drawn stood 12 growers, which were included in the reserve list. In case, the individuals included in the original samples were not available or not found suitable at the time of data collection, the growers of the reserve list were used for the purpose.

Instruments for Data Collection

In order to collect relevant data from the respondents an interview schedule was prepared keeping the objectives of the study in mind. Both open and closed form questions were used in collecting data. Simple and direct questions were included in the schedule to ascertain dependent and independent variables. The interview schedule was pre-tested with 15 wheat growers of the study area.

Collection of Data

Data were collected personally by the researcher himself through face to face interview from selected respondents. The entire process of collecting data took place during 10 February to 10 March 2006.

Source of Information: M.S. Thesis, 2006, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM, SHER-E-BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY DHAKA-1207 Title: ADOPTION OF WHEAT CULTIVATION BY THE FARMERS OF TWO SELECTED VILLAGES OF BASAIL UPAZILA IN TANGAIL DISTRICT

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Achievement/Findings:

The adoptions of wheat cultivation practice of the farmers were moderate, as nearly 86.4 percent of the farmers had medium to high adoption.Age , Education ,Family size of the farmers had no significant relationship with their adoption of wheat cultivation practices. Farm size of the farmers had a significant and a positive relationship with their adoption of wheat cultivation practices. The availability of money is more essential to reduce financial hardship of the farmers to a considerable extent for the adoption of improved farming practices.Extension media contact of the farmers had a positive significant relationship with their adoption of wheat cultivation practices. The higher the cosmopolite ness of the farmers the higher was their adoption of wheat cultivation.84 percent of the farmers had low to medium cosmopoliteness.Agricultural knowledge is an important factor for higher adoption of wheat cultivation by the farmers. Attitude towards wheat cultivation of the farmers had a significant and positive relationship with their adoption of wheat cultivation practices.Problems of the farmers had a negative and significant relationship with their adoption of wheat cultivation practices. Innovative ness of the farmers would be helpful to increase the level of adoption of improved farming practices.

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