Abstract
The study was conducted in two major wheat growing areas of Bangladesh to determine the adoption level and factors affecting the adoption of wheat production practices in the study areas during 2011. Descriptive statistics along with multiple regression technique was used to achieve the objectives. The results revealed that most of the farmers (60.91%) in the study areas were cultivating Shatabdi variety of wheat. Adoption level of seed rate, TSP and MoP application were found to be very low. On the other hand, production practices like time of wheat sowing and number of irrigation were highly adopted by the farmers. Most of the farmers (69.09%) applied TSP below the recommended dose while 81.82% of the farmers applied MoP over the recommended dose. The study also revealed a positive and significant relationship between adoption and the variables like education, experience and extension contact. Lack of proper information and technical knowledge were the major problems that hinder the adoption of wheat production technologies in the study areas. Adoption gaps are needed to be eliminated to enhance the productivity as well as net return of wheat cultivation. Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. & Tech. 3 (1): 5-11, June, 2013 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/ijarit.v3i1.16043
Highlights
Agriculture is the backbone of the economy of Bangladesh
Adoption level of wheat production practices were evaluated against the recommended doses given in Krishi Projukti Hatboi (2006) published by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute
Findings of the study suggested that remarkable gaps existed in the application of various technologies in wheat cultivation
Summary
Agriculture is the backbone of the economy of Bangladesh. Climate of Bangladesh is strongly favorable for different crop production. Most of the farmers of the country still follow the traditional crop production technologies (Pandit et al, 2007). They receive lower yield and cannot meet the food demand of the country. The technology adoption by the farmers is an essential pre-requisite for economic prosperity in developing country likes Bangladesh. Successful adoption of improved agricultural technologies could stimulate overall economic growth through inter sectoral linkages while conserving natural resources (Sanchez et al, 2009). Past studies (Dixon et al, 2006; Wanyama et al, 2010) showed that adoption of improved production practices may help the farmers to get higher amount of yield and had impact on household food security and income
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