MEHEDI HASAN1, TANIA ISLAM2, S. RANA3, M.T. RAHMAN4 and S. AHMMED5*
1Department of Agricultural Extension &Information System, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, 2Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Science & Technology University, Gopalganj, 3Additional Agricultural Officer, Department of Agricultural Extension, Tungipara, Gopalganj, 4Scientific Officer, Jute Seed Production and Research Station, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Dinajpur and 5Scientific Officer, Pest Management Division, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh. *Corresponding authors Email: sultanbjri1984@gmail.com.
ABSTRACT
The study was conducted at the Department of Agricultural Extension & Information System, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, Bangladesh to determine the adoption of modern practices by the farmers for rice cultivation and to explore the contribution of the selected characteristics of the farmers with their adoption of modern practices by the farmers for rice cultivation. The selected characteristics were age, education, farm size, family size, annual family income, organizational participation, innovativeness, extension contact, training exposure and rice production knowledge. Data were gathered from 107 farmers of two villages namely Noapara and Kuraniarchor of Modhukhali upazila under Faridpur district by using a pre evaluated interview schedule during the period from March to June, 2015. More than half of the respondents (56.1%) had medium adoption where 15.9 percent had low adoption and only 24.3 percent had high adoption of modern practices for rice cultivation. There was 3.7 percent respondents were in no adoption of selected modern practices for rice cultivation. Among the influential variables respondents’ education, extension contact, age were significant contributor and provided 47.0 percent contribution on modern practices for rice cultivation.
Keywords: Modern practices, Adoption, Rice and Cultivation.