Abstract:
The main purpose of the study was to determine and describe the extent of adoption of
selected rice varieties. Attempts were also made to describe some of the selected
characteristics of the farmers and to explore the relationships between the selected
characteristics and their adoption
of
selected rice varieties. The study was conducted at
Dharmikpara and Sharifpara villages of Matuail union of Deinra 'Ihana under Dhaka
District. Data were collected from 104 farmers who were randomly selected as the sample
of
the study by using random sampling method. The researcher herself collected data
through personal contact with a well structured pretested interview schedule during the
period from 05 October to IS November. 2012. The findings revealed that highest 50
percent o!the respondents had high adoption of selected rice varieties. while
30.77
percent
had medium adoption and rest 19.23 percent had low adoption of selected rice varieties.
Pearson's Product Moment Correlation co-efficient (r) was computed to explore the
relationships between the selected characteristics and their adoption
of selected rice
varieties. The correlation analysis indicated that level of education, organizational
participation. innovativeness and rice cultivation knowledge had significant positive
relationships with the adoption of selected rice varieties. Family size, farm
size,
annual
family income and input availability had non-significant positive relationships with the
adoption
of
selected rice varieties. On the other hand, age had non-significant negative
relationship with the adoption of selected rice varieties at farm level.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in Partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS)
IN
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION
