ADOPTION OF SELECTED RICE PRODUCTION PRACTICES BY THE FARMERS OF CHAR- LAND OF GOMOTI RIVER

Abstract

of the research work was to determine the extent of adoption of selected rice production practices by the farmers of char-land of Gornoti River and to explore the relationships between selected characteristics namely, age, level of education, family size, farm size, annual income, organizational participation. extension media contact, cosmopoliteness, innovativeness. altitude towards modern agricultural technology, problems and agricultural knowledge of the farmers and their composite adoption of selected rice production practices (dependent variables). Data were collected from randomly selected one hundred farmers of Luter-char union under Daudkandi upazilla of Comilla district with the help of an interview schedule. Data were collected during 6 July to 18 September, 2005. Appropriate scales were developed in order to measure the variables. Correlation test was used to ascertain the relationships between the copcerned dependent and independent variables of the research work. Majority (53 percent) of the farmers had high adoption while 29 percent had medium adoption and 18 percent had low adoption of selected rice production practices. Among the selected characteristics age, farm size, annual income, extension media contact, innovativeness, attitude towards modern agricultural technology, problems and agricultural knowledge showed significant and positive relationships with their adoption of selected rice production practices. On the other hand, level of education, family size, organizational participation and cosmopoliteness did not show any significant relationship with their composite adoption of selected rice production practices.