USE OF VEGETABLE CULTIVATION TECHNOLOGIES BY THE FARMERS

Abstract

The main purpose of the research work was to determine the use of vegetable cultivation technologies by the farmers. Attempt was also made to explore the relationship between selected characteristics namely age, education, farm size, annual income, availability of inputs, year of experience of vegetable production, innovativeness, training exposure, risk orientation of the farmers and their use of vegetable cultivation technologies in vegetable cultivation. Data were collected randomly from selected 112 farmers of twelve villages of Haibatpur union of Sadar Upazila under Jessore District by using a presented interview schedule. Appropriate scales were developed in order to measure the variables. Descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, range and percentage were used to describe the variables. The highest proportion (81.3 percent) of the farmers had medium use while 9.8 percent had low use and only 8.9 percent had high use of vegetable cultivation practices. Correlation test revealed that education, farm size, annual income, innovativeness and training exposure had positive relationship with their use of vegetable cultivation technologies in vegetable cultivation, while age and 11 farming experience had negative relationship with their use of vegetable cultivation technologies.