Abstract:
The purpose of the study was to determine the extent of adoption of modem HYV
wheat by the farmers and to explore the relationships between farmers' selected
characteristics and their adoption of modem l IYV wheat. Joydebpur Purashava
and Basan union of Gazipur Sadar upazila and Kaoraid union of Sreepur upazila
under Gazipur distrct were the locales of the study. Data were collected by using
interview schedule from 110 farmers selected randomly during 20 October to 20
November, 2007. The finding revealed that a large proportion (44.5 percent) of the
farmers/wheat growers had low adoption of modem HYV wheat as compared to
36.4 percent medium adoption and 19.l percent high adoption respectively.
Computed coefficient of correlation (r) values indicated that seven out of ten
characteristics of the farmers namely, farm size, family income, agricultural
training, attitude towards modem HYV wheal cultivation, innovativeness, contact
with different media and knowledge on wheat cultivation had significant positive
relationship with their adoption of modem HYV wheat. On the other hand, other
three characteristics of the farmers namely, age, education and non-localite
behaviour had no significant relationship with their adoption of modem HYV
wheat. Ten problems of the farmers were identified which they confronted
frequently during modem HYV wheat cultivation. Five major problems in
descending order of Problem Confrontation Index (PCI) were: (i) high price of
fertilizer, (ii) high price of seeds, (iii) lack of HYV wheat seeds in the market. (iv)
scarcity of fertilizer supply in time and (v) requires high amount of fertilizer in
H YV wheat crops.
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
IN
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM
