USE OF BRINJAL PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES BY THE FARMERS OF KASHIANI UPAZILA UNDER GOPALGANJ DISTRICT

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the farmers’ use of brinjal production technologies and explore the contribution of the selected characteristics of the farmers on their use of brinjal production technologies. The selected characteristics were age, level of education, family size, crop farming area, annual family income, brinjal farming experience, agricultural training exposure, extension media contact, brinjal cultivation knowledge, and problem faced in brinjal cultivation. Data were gathered from 89 brinjal growers of two Unions of Kashiani Upazila under Gopalganj district by using a pretested interview schedule. Stepwise multiple regression was used to examine the contribution of the selected characteristics of the brinjal growers on their use of brinjal production technologies. The finding indicates that near about three fourths (71.9 percent) of the farmers had medium use of brinjal production technologies, while 16.9 percent had low use and 11.2 percent had high use of brinjal production technologies. The finding implies that most of the farmers (83.1 percent) had medium to high use of brinjal production technologies. Highest proportion of farmers use technology named ‘use of IPM in brinjal field’. Stepwise multiple regression exposed that brinjal farming experience, annual family income and agricultural training exposure of the farmer had significant contribution on their use of brinjal production technologies. The standardized partial ‘b’ co-efficient of the 3 independent variables formed the equation contributing to 18.0 percent of the total variation on use of brinjal production technologies. It was found that there was a scope to increase the use of brinjal production technologies by the farmers by providing necessary training involving variation income generating activities and providing necessary supports to the lower and medium experience brinjal farmers.