ADOPTION OF ORGANIC VEGETABLE FARMING BY THE FARMERS OF BOGRA DISTRICT

Abstract

Adoption of organic farming can play significant role to sustainable agricultural development through refraining indiscriminate use of agrochemical, which has been proven as significant causes of environmental pollution. However, factors affecting adoption of organic vegetable farming are not well focused. The main purpose of this study was to determine the adoption extent of organic vegetable farming by the farmers and to explore the contribution of the selected thirteen characteristics of the farmers to their adoption of organic vegetable farming. The study was conducted in four villages of Chupinagar union under Shahjahanpur upazila of Bogra district. Data were collected by using an interview schedule from the randomly selected 102 respondents during 2 February to 20 February, 2017. Multiple Regression method was computed to explore the contribution of the selected characteristics of the farmers upon their adoption of organic vegetable farming. The findings revealed that the highest proportion (79.40%) of the respondents had low to medium adoption of organic farming, while only 21.60 percent of the respondents had high adoption of organic vegetable farming. Among thirteen selected characteristics, extension media contact, agricultural training exposure, attitude towards organic vegetable farming and profit from vegetable farming had significant positive contribution to the adoption of organic vegetable farming. On the other hand, age, education, farm size, annual family income, knowledge on organic vegetable farming, time spent on vegetable farm, level of pest infestation, organizational participation, problem faced in adoption extent of organic vegetable farming had no significant contribution to the adoption of organic vegetable farming. The findings of the study indicated that adoption of organic vegetable farming has yet not to be satisfactory. To increase adoption of organic vegetable farming by the farmer’s dissemination information regarding organic vegetable farming, arrange more training, improve marketing channel, ensure proper price, improve transportation, reduce input cost etc. will be helpful in creating favorable attitude towards organic farming as well as adoption of organic farming.