Abstract
The present study was carried out during 2005-2008 in the purposively selected Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal focused on the factors influencing adoption behaviour of fish farmers towards scientific fish culture practices. The data were gathered using a structured and pre tested interview schedule from 120 randomly selected fish farmers. The findings revealed that majority (74%) of fish farmers belonged to medium to high adoption category. The adoption behaviour of fish farmers towards scientific fish culture practices was positively and significantly influenced by the factors like, occupation, annual income, land holding, extent of weed infestation, social participation, mass media participation, extension agency contact, cosmopoliteness, innovative proneness, value orientation, risk orientation, economic motivation, knowledge about scientific fish culture practices and negatively by their age.
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