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Impact Assessment of Fsrd Sites of Ofrd, BARI, Gazipur-1701

M. A. Hossain
Senior Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur

M. S. Rahman
Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur

M. R. Hasan
Senior Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur

M. A. Hossain
Scientific Officer
On-farm Research Division (OFRD),BARI, Gazipur.

Q. M. Alam
Chief Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The study was initiated at FSRD site Narikeli, Jamalpur to assess the impact of the technologies given to the FSRD sites of OFRD. The findings of the study suggested that the recommended technologies were profitable. MBCR was found to be greater than two for all the recommended technologies. Technologies like crop production, homestead farming, livestock and fisheries also create employment opportunity to the family members. The overall SPIS was found to be 78.33 percent indicating overall change in socio-economic status of the sample farmers. The level of adoption of BARI technologies varied from medium to very low level. Farmers in the study area also faced some problems like non availability of improved seed, lack of BARI vegetables seeds, high price of inputs etc.

Keywords: Impact assessment, Adoption level, Social status

Location: Jamalpur district

Start Date: 01-08-2006

End Date: 01-07-2007

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Social status

Objectives:

i) To identify the impacts of technologies intervened in FSRD site in terms of yield, returns, income and employment generation

ii) To assess the level of adoption of that technologies at farm level

iii) To explore the constraints of the technologies

Methodology:

The study was conducted at FSRD site Narikeli, Jamalpur during March-May, 2007 to assess the impact of the technologies of OFRD, BARI. The necessary information's were collected with the help of pre-designed and pre-tested interview schedules. Fifteen farmers were brought under the whole farm intervention at the site during the year 1999. All of these fifteen farmers were selected as the sample for the present study. The collected data were summarized and analyzed through tabular methods using averages, percentages, ratios etc. Raw data were inserted in computer using the concerned software MS Excel. The level of adoption was measured by computing adoption scores for recommended technologies. Score given to each technology that varied from 1 to 4 according to the adoption of the suggested technology. A respondent farmer could get a score of 4 for adopting cent percent of technologies. On the other hand, farmers could receive a score of 3 for 75% adopting, 2 for 50% adopting and 1 for 25% adopting (Hossain, 1997). The mean score became the index of level of adoption of the recommended technologies. On the basis of the score that earned by the farmers were categorized as high, medium, low and very low adopters respectively.

Source of Information: Annual Research Report 2007, Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur

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Achievement/Findings:

The present study revealed that the cultivation of BRRI Dhan 29 and BR 11 instead of local variety increases the income of the farmers. Homestead farming, livestock and fisheries sub sector not only met the family consumption and improved nutrition but also create employment opportunities to the family members. This Programme also increases the socio-economic status of the sample farmers. Level of adoption was found to be in lower side. Farmer got some facilities like seeds of improved variety of vegetables, improved chula, treatment facilities for livestock with free of cost in the project period. But at present they did not continue with these recommended technologies due to lack of such facilities.

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