ADOPTION OF BARI GROUNDNUT VARIETIES BY THE FARMERS OF FARIDPUR DISTRICT

Abstract

The Purpose of this study was to determine the extent of adoption of BARI groundnut varieties by the farmers, to explore the relationship of the selected characteristics of the groundnut farmers with their adoption of BARI groundnut varieties and to determine the problems faced by the farmers in groundnut cultivation. The selected characteristics were age, education, annual family income, farm size, area under groundnut cultivation, groundnut cultivation experience, agricultural training exposure, extension media contact and knowledge on groundnut cultivation. Data were gathered from 88 groundnut growers of two unions of FaridpurSadarUpazila under FaridpurDistrict by using personal interview schedule during the period from 15 January to 28 th February, 2017.Yamens Formula was used to develop the sample size and proportionate random technique was used to select the sample from each of the unions. Pearson‟s Product Moment Co-efficient ofCorrelation wasused to examine the relationship of the selected characteristics of the groundnut growers with their adoption of BARI groundnut varieties. The Findings revealed that 42 percent of the respondents had medium adoption , while 33 percent had high adoption and the rest 25 percent had low adoption of BARI groundnut varieties .The Findings againreveal that most (75 percent) of the farmers hadmedium to high adoption of BARI groundnut varieties. Correlation indicated that among the nine selected experimental variables, farm size, area under groundnut cultivation, groundnut cultivation experience, extension media contact and knowledge in groundnut cultivation had significant and positive relationship with their adoption of BARI groundnut varieties. The rest of the variables namely age, education, annual family income, and agricultural training exposure did not show any significant relationship with their adoption of BARI groundnut varieties. Farmers faced higher problems in “non-availability of credit” followed by “non-availability of hybrid seed”.