ADOPTION OF MODERN AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIES AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE ADOPTERS AT RAMRAIL UNION IN BRAHMAN BARIA DISTRICT

Abstract

The main objectives of the study were: (i) to describe the selected characteristics of the farmers, (ii) to determine and describe the extent of use of modern technologies, (iii) to classify the adopters on the basis of adoption of modern technologies, (iv) to explore the relationships of the selected characteristics of the farmers with their adoption of modern technologies. But the specific purpose was “Adoption of Modern Technologies and Classification of the Adopters” The study was conducted in Sadar Upazila of Brahman Baria district. An interview schedule was used to collect needed information. Sample size of respondents was 90 randomly selected farmers and interviewed by the researcher himself through face to face interview. Statistical measurement like percentage, range, mean and standard deviation were used to interpret the data. Co-efficient of correlation was computed in order to explore the relationships between the concerned factors. The respondents showed a remarkable individuals difference in their characteristics. The category of respondent having middle age (53.3%), secondary level literacy rate(53.3%), medium family size(56.7%), medium income(46.7%), small farm size(40.0%), medium cosmopoliteness (52.2%), low organizational participation (47.8 %) and medium extension contact(48.9%). The findings reveals that 3.33% of farmers were innovator, 12.22% were early adopter, 34.44% were early majority, 34.44% were late majority and laggards were 15.57% for overall adoption. But incase of individual technologies the category varies supporting the generalization of one individual may be innovator in one innovation but laggard in another. Relationship between education, annual income, farm size, cosmopolitenees, organizational participation, extension contact with their adoption of modern technologies was positively significant. . On the other hand, age, family size had insignificant relationship with their adoption of modern technologies