FARMERS’ KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDE REGARDING CULTIVATION OF SALT TOLERANT VARIETY (BRRI dhan47) OF RICE

Abstract

The major purpose of this research study was to determine farmers’ knowledge and attitude towards BRRI dhan47 cultivation and also to explore the relationships between each of nine selected characteristics of the farmers and their knowledge and attitude towards BRRI dhan47 cultivation. The study was conducted in 3 villages of Kaukhali upazilla under Pirojpur district. The populations of BRRI dhan47 farmers in these villages were 216, from which a sample of 108 farmers were drawn by using random sampling technique. An interview schedule was used for data collection. The data were collected during January 25 to March 5, 2016. Scales were developed in order to measure the variables. Majority (75%) of the farmers possessed medium knowledge and 20.37 and 4.63 percent of the farmers possessed high and low knowledge on rice cultivation respectively. Regarding attitude, the study showed that about 77.78 percent of the respondents had high favorable attitude towards the rice cultivation and 22.22 percent of the respondents had low favourable attitude towards the rice cultivation. Age, level of education, rice cultivation area and extension contact of the farmers had significant positive relationship with their knowledge on BRRI dhan47 cultivation, while problem faced by the farmers had significant negative relationship and family size, farm size, income from rice cultivation and training exposure had no significant relationship with their knowledge on BRRI dhan47 cultivation. In case of attitude age, level of education, rice cultivation area, income from rice cultivation and extension contact of the farmers had significant positive relationship with their attitude towards BRRI dhan47 cultivation, while problem faced by the farmers had significant negative relationship and family size, farm size, and training exposure had no significant relationship with their attitude towards BRRI dhan47 cultivation.