ATTITUDE OF FARMERS TOWARDS IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the extent of attitude of farmers towards improved agricultural implements and to explore relationships between selected characteristics of the farmers with their attitude towards improved agricultural implements. Sadarb Upazila of Jamalpur District was the locale of the study. Data were collected from 120 farmers by using interview schedule during 01 March to 30 March 2013. Likert Scale was used for measuring the attitude towards improved agricultural implements of the farmers. The findings revealed that about half (50.8%) of the farmers had favorable attitude,4 1.7 percent of them had unfavorable attitude and 7.5 percent had neutral attitude towards improved agricultural implements. It was found that above half(5 1.66%) of the farmers were old aged. About two-third (62.5%) of the respondents had education from primary to above secondary level. Most of them hadsmall farm size (75.83%), low income (73.33%), high knowledge (33.33%), medium innovativeness (55%), medium social status (45%), medium opinion leadership (42.5%) and higb interpersonal communication (58.33%). In exploring the relationship between attitude of farmers towards improved agricultural implements and their selected characteristics, it was found that age, knowlcdgc about improved agricultural implements, innovativeness. social status, opinion leadership, and interpersonal communication of the farmers had significant positive relationships with their attitude towards improved agricultural implements. However, education, farm size, annual family income had no significant relationships.