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Adoption of High Yielding Varieties of Rice by the Farmers

MUHAMMAD ABUL MASUD
MS. Student, Reg. No. 26266/00553
Department of Agricultural Extension & Information System, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The the study was conducted at Sonaimuri (Begumganj) Upazila under Noakhali district during July to December 2007 to determine and describe the extent of adoption of high yielding varieties (HYV) of rice. The findings revealed that majority (64%) of the HYV rice farmers had medium adoption compared to 16% having low adoption and 20% having high adoption. The selected three varieties were BR14, BRRI Dhan-28, and BRRI Dhan-29. Among those selected varieties BRRI Dhan-29 variety was overwhelmingly accepted by the farmers and the adoption index was 2475. Correlation test was used to ascertain the relationship between the concerned variable of the study. Out of ten independent variables, farmers education, annual income, knowledge of HYV rice cultivation, extension media contact, organizational participation, and innovativeness and inputs availability had significant positive relationship with their adoption of HYV rice. On the other hand age, farm size and cosmopoliteness of farmers had no relationship with their adoption of selected HYV rice cultivation.

Keywords: Adoption, High yielding varieties, Rice, Farmers

Location: Sonaimuri (Begumganj) Upazila under Noakhali distric

Start Date: 00-07-2006

End Date: 00-12-2006

Program Area: Knowledge Management

Commodity: Rice

Objectives:

1. To determine and describe the extent of adoption of high yielding varieties of rice by the farmers, the selected varieties are (a) BR14 (b) BRRI Dhan-28 and (c) BRRI Dhan-29.

2. To determine and describe some selected characteristics of the farmers. The selected characteristics are

a) Age

b) Education

c) Farm size

d) Annual Income

e) Knowledge on HYV rice

f) Extension media contact

g) Organizational participation

h) Cosmoploiteness

i) Innovativeness

j) Inputs availability

3. To explore the relationship between the selected characteristics of the farmers and their adoption of high yielding varieties of rice.

Methodology:

The the study was conducted at Sonaimuri (Begumganj) Upazila under Noakhali district during July to December 2007.This Upazila has 10 Unions,out of them Nateswar Union was purposively selected. Nateshwar Union consists of six villages. Again out of six villages three village namely Nateshwar, Mirzanagar and Kazinagar were randomly selected.An up to date list of all farm family heads of the selected villages were prepared with the help pilot survey and Sub-Assistant Agricultural Officer. The list comprised a total of 400 farmers in the study area. These farmers constituted the population of this study. There were 170 farmers in Nateshwar and 120 farmers in Mirzanagar and 110 farmers in Kazinagar. Twenty five (25) percent of the population of each village was randomly selected as representative sample by using random number (kerlinger, 1973). Thus, the sample size for Nateshwar was 43, Mirzanagar 30 and that of kazinagar was 27 making the total sample size of 100 farmers. In addition to that, 2 percent of the population was selected randomly and proportionately from each of selected villages. Thus, the additional sample, so drawn stood 10 farmers, 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 Farmers of the reserve list were used for the purpose.

A variable is any characteristic, which can be assumed varying different values in successive individual cases (Ezekiel and Fox, 1959). A well organized piece of research usually contains at least two important variables, viz. an independent and a dependent variable. An independent variable is that factor which is maintained by the researcher in his/her attempt to ascertain its relationship to an observed phenomenon. A dependent variable is that factor which appears, disappears or varies as the researcher introduces, removes or varies the independent variable (Townsend, 1953).The collected data were compiled, tabulated, coded and analyzed in accordance with the objectives of the study. Qualitative data were quantified by mean of suitable scoring techniques. The statistical measures such as number and percentage distribution were used for describing the variables of the study

Source of Information: M.S. Thesis, SEMESTER: July-December, 2006, Department of Agricultural Extension & Information System, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207

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Achievement/Findings:

The majority (64%) of the HYV rice farmers had medium adoption compared to 16% having low adoption and 20% having high adoption. Among those selected varieties BRRI Dhan-29 variety was overwhelmingly accepted by the farmers and the adoption index was 2475. Out of ten independent variables, farmers education, annual income, knowledge of HYV rice cultivation, extension media contact, organizational participation, and innovative ness and inputs availability had significant positive relationship with their adoption of HYV rice. On the other hand age, farm size and cosmopolite ness of farmers had no relationship with their adoption of selected HYV rice cultivation.

Knowledge Management: Thesis