Abstract:
he main objective of the study was to find out the extent of adoption of
modem maize cultivation by the farmers, to describe the selected
characteristics of the maize growers and also to explore the relationships
between the selected characteristics of the growers and their adoption of
modem maize cultivation. The study was conducted in a union named
Sundalpur under Daudkandi upazila of Comilla district. A total of 100 farmers
were selected as sample for the study from a population of 496. Data were
collected from the maize growers by using personal interview schedule during
the period from first January to 15 January, 2008. Apart from descriptive
statistical methods, Pearson's Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient
analysis was used in order to analyze the data. Findings indicated that the
majority (65 percent) of the growers had medium to high adoption of modern
maize cultivation while 35 percent had low adoption. Out of nine selected
characteristics of the growers, three, namely education, farm size and extension
contact, had positive significant relationship. The rest of the variables namely:
age, innovativeness, knowledge in maize cultivation, annual income,
cosmopoliteness and agricultural training exposure did not show any
significant relationships with their adoption of modern maize cultivation. Out
of 12 problems faced by the farmers, two problems in order of importance
were: (i) non-availability of hybrid seed and (ii) non-availability of storage
facilities at framer's level.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AND INFORMATION SYSTEM
