Abstract:
The specific purpose of the study was to determine the extent of adoption of Swarna rice
variety by the farmers in a Kurigram district of Bangladesh. Attempt was also made to
determine and describe the selected factors that influence farmers’ adoption decision
regarding Swarna rice cultivation. The study also determined the contribution of the
selected factors to farmers’ adoption of Swarna rice variety. A two-step approach was
adopted for selecting the study locale. First, Nageswari upazila of Kurigram district was
purposively selected, and second two unions of the selected upazila namely, Santoshpur
and Raigonj were randomly selected as the locale of the study. A total of 4311 farmers
constituted the population of the study from which 145 respondents were selected using
proportionate random sampling technique. A structured interview schedule was
developed and administered for collecting data during the period of 15
th
May, 2018 to 25
June, 2018. The findings of the study indicate that majority (72.40 percent) of the farmers
had medium adoption while 17.90 percent had high adoption and 9.70 percent had low
adoption of Swarna rice, respectively. Multiple regression analysis showed that
education, farming experience and ease of farm management had significant contribution
to the adoption of Swarna rice variety while age, farm size, annual family income,
relative advantage, social influence, habit and knowledge in rice cultivation showed no
significant contribution to the extent of adoption of Swarna rice variety. Therefore,
emphasis should be given on the significant factors for further improvement of the
situation.
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
Semester: July-December, 2017
