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Farmers’ Adoption of Modern Maize Cultivation

MD. ALINUR MASUD
MS. Student
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM, SHER-E-BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, DHAKA-1207

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The experiment was conducted to fine out the extent of adoption of modem maize cultivation by the farmers, to describe the selected characteristics of the maize growers and also to explore the relationships between the selected characteristics of the growers and their adoption of modem maize cultivation in Sundalpur in Daudkandi Upazilla under comilla district. Findings indicated that the majority (65 percent) of the growers had medium to high adoption of modem maize cultivation while 35 percent had low adoption. Out of nine selected characteristics of the growers, three, namely education, farm size and extension contact, had positive significant relationship. The rest of the variables namely: age, innovative ness, knowledge in maize cultivation, annual income, cosmopolite ness and agricultural training exposure did not show any significant relationships with their adoption of modem maize cultivation. Out of 12 problems faced by the farmers, two problems in order of importance were: (i) non-availability of hybrid seed and (ii) non-availability of storage facilities at framer’s level.

Keywords: Farmer, Adoption, Modern, Maize

Location: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM, SHER-E-BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, DHAKA-1207

Start Date: 00-06-2007

End Date: 00-12-2007

Program Area: Knowledge Management

Commodity: Maize

Objectives:

1. To identify and describe some selected characteristics of maize growers. The selected characteristics were:

(i) Age (ii) Education (iii) Innovativeness (iv) Knowledge in maize cultivation (v) Firm size (vi) Annual income (vii) Cosmopoliteness (viii) Agricultural Training exposure (ix) Extension contacts.

2. To explore the relationships between the selected characteristics of the farmers and their adoption of modem maize cultivation.

3. To describe the extent of problems faced by the farmers in adopting modem maize cultivation.

4. To determine the influencing factors of the adoption of modem maize cultivation by the farmers.

Methodology:

A Union named Sundalpur in DaudkandiUpazilla under comilla district was purposefully selected due to easy communication as well as easy contact with the maize growers’ of the study area. All the maize growers of the selected Union were the population of the study. The farmers of this Union was prepared with the help of Sub Assistant Agriculture Officer, Upazilla Agricultural office; Daudkandi, Comilla. The total numbers of maize growers in this Union were around 496. Out of them 20 per cent of the population were selected following random sampling method. So, 100 maize growers were the sample of the study. If anyone included in the original sample were unavailable during data collection, the next farmers regarding that list were considered turn by turn for collecting data. Therefore no reserve list was needed. The data were collected during June to December 2007.In order to collect reliable and valid Information from the maize growers, an interview schedule was prepared carefully keeping the objectives of the study in mind. The interview schedule contained both open and closed form questions. Appropriate schedule was also developed to operationalize the selected characteristics of the maize growers. The draft interview schedule was prepared in English version and was pre-tested with maize growers. This pre-test facilitated the researcher to examine the suitability of different questions and statements in general.A variable is any characteristic, which can assume varying, or different values in successive individual cases (Ezekiel and Fox, 1959). An organized 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 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). According to the relevant research area, the researcher selected nine characteristics of the maize growers as the independent variable and adoption of modem maize cultivation as the dependent variable.

Source of Information: M.S. Thesis, 2007, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM, SHER-E-BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, DHAKA-1207

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Achievement/Findings:

The majority (65 percent) of the growers had medium to high adoption of modem maize cultivation while 35 percent had low adoption. Out of nine selected characteristics of the growers, three, namely education, farm size and extension contact, had positive significant relationship. The rest of the variables namely: age, innovative ness, knowledge in maize cultivation, annual income, cosmopolite ness and agricultural training exposure did not show any significant relationships with their adoption of modem maize cultivation. Out of 12 problems faced by the farmers, two problems in order of importance were: (i) non-availability of hybrid seed and (ii) non-availability of storage facilities at framer’s level.

Knowledge Management: Thesis