ADOPTION OF HYBRID RICE SEED PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES BY THE FARMERS OF MUKTAGACHA UPAZILA

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine the salient socio-economic characteristics of farmers cultivate hybrid rice seed; to determine the extent of adoption of hybrid rice seed production technology by the farmers and to identify the factors that significantly influences adoption of hybrid rice seed production technologies by the farmers. The study was undertaken purposively in Muktagacha upazila under Mymensingh district. Validated and well-structured interview schedule (questionnaire) was used to collect data from 120 farmers during 15th February to 27th February, 2019. Descriptive statistics, multiple regressions were used for analysis. Half (50%) of the farmers had medium adoption of hybrid rice seed production technologies while 41.67 percent and 8 .33 percent farmers had high adoption and low adoption, respectively. Among 16 selected characteristics of the farmers 7 characteristics namely, experience in hybrid rice seed production, education, total production of hybrid rice seed in last cropping season, training in hybrid rice seed production technology, extension media contact, organizational participation and knowledge in hybrid rice seed production of the respondents had significant positive contribution to their adoption of hybrid rice seed production technologies. The rest 9 characteristics namely, age, farm size, land under hybrid rice seed production, experience in rice farming, family size, annual income from hybrid rice seed production, income before hybrid rice seed production, income after hybrid rice seed production and total production of BRRI dhan 28/29/50 in last cropping season had no significant contribution with their adoption of hybrid rice seed production technologies.