Abstract:
The main objective of this study was to determine the extent of adoption of recommended
potato cultivation practices and to explore the relationships between the selected
charactenstics of potato farmers and their adoption of recommended practices. The study
was conducted at Gazaria thana of Munshigonj district during I 0 November to 29
January 2008.The population of the study was 580 potato farmers from which a sample
of 116 potato growers was selected using a simple random sampling method. Correlation
of coefficient was to explore the relationship between the concerned variables. The
overall adoption of recommended practices by the potato growers showed that 48 percent
of the potato farmers fell under medium adoption and 36 percent under high adoption
category while 16 percent of potato farmers followed lower rate of adoption of
recommended practices in potato cultivation. There was a significant positive relationship
between each of the six characteristics such as level of education, farm size, annual
income, organizational participation, extension contact and innovativeness of the potato
farmers with their adoption of recommended practices in potato cultivation. The
cosmopoliteness and farming experience of the potato farmers had no significant
relationship with their adoption of recommended practices in potato cultivation.
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
