ADOPTION OF SELECTED RICE VARIETIES AT FARM LEVEL

Abstract

The main purpose of the study was to determine and describe the extent of adoption of selected rice varieties. Attempts were also made to describe some of the selected characteristics of the farmers and to explore the relationships between the selected characteristics and their adoption of selected rice varieties. The study was conducted at Dharmikpara and Sharifpara villages of Matuail union of Deinra 'Ihana under Dhaka District. Data were collected from 104 farmers who were randomly selected as the sample of the study by using random sampling method. The researcher herself collected data through personal contact with a well structured pretested interview schedule during the period from 05 October to IS November. 2012. The findings revealed that highest 50 percent o!the respondents had high adoption of selected rice varieties. while 30.77 percent had medium adoption and rest 19.23 percent had low adoption of selected rice varieties. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation co-efficient (r) was computed to explore the relationships between the selected characteristics and their adoption of selected rice varieties. The correlation analysis indicated that level of education, organizational participation. innovativeness and rice cultivation knowledge had significant positive relationships with the adoption of selected rice varieties. Family size, farm size, annual family income and input availability had non-significant positive relationships with the adoption of selected rice varieties. On the other hand, age had non-significant negative relationship with the adoption of selected rice varieties at farm level.