ADOPTION OF INTERCROPPING WITH MANGO BY THE FARMERS OF BAGHA UPAZILA UNDER RAJSHAHI DISTRICT

Abstract

The specific purpose of the study was to determine the extent of adoption of intercropping with mango. Attempts were also made to determine and describe the selected demographic and socio-economic characteristics of mango growers, and to explore their contribution to the extent of adoption of intercropping with mango. Bagha upazila of Rajshahi district was purposively selected from which four unions namely; Pakuria, Bajubagha, Bausa and Arani were randomly selected as the locale of the study. Data were obtained from 105 proportionate randomly selected farmers from total of 223 mango growers of selected villages from four unions. An interview schedule was used for collecting data during the period of 2

July, 2017. The findings of the study indicate that majority (52.3 percent) of the growers had medium adoption while 24.8 percent had high adoption and 22.9 percent had low adoption of intercropping with mango. Multiple regression analysis shows that training received, innovativeness, extent of advice seeking and crop diversification had significant contribution to the extent of adoption of intercropping with mango. On the other hand, age, education, farm size, income from mango and intercrop, cosmopoliteness, organizational participation and credit received showed no significant contribution to the extent of adoption of intercropping with mango.