Abstract:
As a disaster prone country the farmers of Bangladesh imprudently use excessive
pesticides and chemical fertilizer products which poses several environmental threats
e.g., ecological imbalances, soil squalor, biodiversity loss, and ecological devastation
and therefore make the country’s food security at stake. Considering global climate
change and country’s environment issues eco-friendly agricultural technologies (EAT)
gaining its popularity among the farmers. However, lack of capital often hinder the
adoption of EAT. Therefore, this study was conducted to identify whether access to
finance increase the likelihood and level of adoption of EAT in Bangladesh. A total of
270 vegetable farmers were selected randomly from two districts i.e., Cumilla and
Narsingdi. Face-to-face interviews were conducted to collect necessary data. The
collected data were then analyzed by using the Binary Logit, Poisson and Tobit
regression. The findings suggested that access to finance positively affected adoption
of EAT while the distance of bank and NGO from the vegetable farmers house
negatively influenced the likelihood of adopting EAT. Moreover, access to finance
increase the level of adoption of EAT. Besides, location, education, mobile phone
usage, mass media usage and membership of IPM club positively and significantly
affected the EAT adoption. In terms of policy perspective, the likelihood and level of
EAT adoption can be increased through ensuring easy access to finance, increasing
access to extension services and familiarizing EAT practices among the farmers by
mobile and mass media.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Agricultural Finance and Management,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT
