Abstract:
The main purpose of the research work was to determine the extent of adoption of selected rice cultivation
practices by the farmers of char-land of Gomoti River and to explore the relationships between selected
characteristics namely, age, level of education, family size, farm size, annual income, organizational
participation, extension media contact, innovativeness, attitude towards modern agricultural technology and
agricultural knowledge of the farmers and their composite adoption of selected rice cultivation practices
(dependent variable). Data were collected from randomly selected one hundred farmers of Luter-char union
under Daudkandi upazilla of Comilla district with the help of an interview schedule. Appropriate scales
were developed in order to measure the variables. Pearson Product Moment Coefficient of Correlation test
was used to ascertain the relationships between the concerned focus and causal variables of the research
work. Majority (53 percent) of the farmers had high adoption while 29 percent had medium adoption and
18 percent had low adoption of improved rice production practices. Among the selected characteristics, age,
farm size, annual income, extension media contact, innovativeness, attitude towards modern agricultural
technology, problems and agricultural knowledge showed significant and positive relationships with their
adoption of selected rice production practices. The policy makers may consider these characteristics to
increase the adopter of improved rice production practices.
