Abstract:
The major purpose of the study was to find out the extent of adoption of high
yielding winter vegetable varieties by the growers in some selected areas of
Satkhira district. Attempts were also made to describe some of the selected
characteristics of the vegetable growers and their relationship with their adoption
of high yielding winter vegetable varieties. One hundred (100) growers were
selected randomly from a total of 670 growers under two Unions of Kalaroa
Upazila of Satkhira district. An interview schedule was used for collection of
data, which took 30 days during 20 July to 19 August 2007. The findings of the
study indicate that (51 percent) of the growers had medium adoption while 27
percent had low adoption and 22 percent had high adoption of high yielding
winter vegetable varieties. Correlation aimlyses indicate that among the selected
characteristics, age, education, farm size, annual family income, cosmopoliteness
and extension media contact showed significant relationship with their adoption
of high yielding winter vegetable varieties. On the other hand, family size,
organizational participation and innovativeness of the growers did not show any
significant relationship with their adoption of high yielding winter vegetable
varieties.
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
