A STUDY ON FACTORS AFFECTING THE ADOPTION OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE PRACTICES IN NORTHERN PARTS OF BANGLADESH

Abstract

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) is an effective approach of transforming and reorienting agricultural development under in the context of climate change. The objectives of the study were to determine and describe some characteristics of the farmers and to determine the determinants of the adoption of CSA. Data was collected from 100 farmers of 3 villages f r om each one union of two district. These Unions namely Kakonhat and Kakfoo in Godagari and Bagatipara Upazilla under Rajshahi and Natore district were purposefully selected due to easy communication as well as easy contact with the farmers. Data were collected during the period from September 13 to September 20, 2020. Descriptive statistics, multinominal regressions (MNL) were employed for analysis. 63.8% farmers partially adopted the CSA, while 23.1 and 13.1 percent of them did not a d o p t e d and fully adopted the CSA, respectively. Education, annual income, training received, and family size were key determinant of the adoption of CSA. To increase the adoption of CSA, the policy makers could invest on improving facility of education received (e.g. farmers field schools) and enhancing farmers’ to receive more income by producing more drought resistant rice variety, enhancing farmers training receive facility from different training organization and lastly motivating them for using IPM to reduce their production cost and improve their productivity.