ADOPTION OF BRRI DHAN29 PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES BY THE FARMERS IN SHARIAKANDI, BOGRA

Abstract

The study examined the extent of adoption of BRRI dhan29 production technologies and estimated the contribution of the selected characteristics of the farmers to the adoption of production technologies. A structured questionnaire was used for data collection from 117 BRRI dhan29 growers of Sonatala and Dohopara villages of Sariakandi upazila in Bogra district. Data were gathered from January 06 to February 05, 2017. Descriptive statistics, multiple regression were used for data analysis. Results show that most of the farmers (67.5 %) belong to medium adoption followed by high adoption (18.8 %) of BRRI dhan29 production technologies. Among the variables- age, level of education, farming experience, annual family income, attitude towards rice cultivation, usage of ICT in agriculture, organizational participation and knowledge on rice production were significant contributor and accounted for 59.3 percent of the variation in adoption of BRRI dhan29 production technologies. It was also found that 4.2 percent, 15.3 percent, 41.1 percent, 31.5 percent and 6.9 percent farmers were innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority and laggards respectively regarding to BRRI dhan29 adoption. It was concluded that (i) the majority of the farmers adopted BRRI dhan29 production technologies, (ii) annual family income was derived as a vital contributor of adoption of these technologies, and (iii) one-third of these farmers were classified as „late majority‟ adopters. Based on the findings, it was recommended that DAE and other extension services providers (e.g., NGOs) should take pragmatic initiatives for more adoption of BRRI dhan29 production technologies and increasing growers income so that they can adopt new production technologies to increase rice production to alleviate poverty and achieve food security in Bangladesh.