Abstract:
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an effective approach of transforming and
reorienting agricultural development under in the context of climate change.
The objectives of the study were to determine and describe some
characteristics of the farmers, to estimate the extent of adoption of CSA, and to
determine the determinants of the adoption of CSA. Data was collected from 105
farmers of 4 villages of two unions. The farmers who used CSA were the
population of the study. These Unions namely Dauki and Jamjami in
Alamdanga Upazilla under chuadanga district were purposefully selected due
to easy communication as well as easy contact with the farmers. Data were
collected during the period from February 20 to March 20, 2018. Descriptive
statistics, multiple regressions (Y) were employed for analysis. 58.1% farmers
partially adopted the CSA, while 23.8 and 18.1 percent of them had not and
fully adopted the CSA, respectively. Education, organizational participation,
access to ICT and farmers perceptions on the effects of CSA were key
determinant of the adoption of CSA and all variables collectively explained
47.7% variation in the adoption of CSA. It is concluded that farmers’ learning,
training, knowledge development and skills improvement are crucial to CSA
adoption. To increase the adoption of CSA, the policy makers could invest on
improving capacity of farmers organizations (e.g. farmers field schools) and
enhancing farmers’ access to ICTs such as mobile phones and television with a
view to get oriented to the latest CSA practices and technologies like alternative
wetting and dry methods.
Description:
A thesis
Submitted to the Department of Agricultural Extension and Information System
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION & INFORMATION SYSTEM