EXTENT OF ADOPTION OF PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES OF HYVS OF GLUTINOUS RICE DEVELOPED AT RARS, AAU, TITABAR, ASSAM

HEJBINA M HUSSAIN¹*, N. BORDOLOI², J.K. DUTTA^3
1Department of Extension Education, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam 785013
²Department of Extension Education, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam 785013
³Department of Extension Education, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, Assam 785013
* Corresponding Author : mehzabinhezbina02@gmail.com

Received : 03-02-2018     Accepted : 16-02-2018     Published : 28-02-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 4       Pages : 5149 - 5152
Int J Agr Sci 10.4 (2018):5149-5152
DOI : http://dx.doi.org/10.9735/0975-3710.10.4.5149-5152

Keywords : Glutinous rice, adoption, package of practices, Assam
Academic Editor : Saini V, Suleyman Cylek
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : The author honestly acknowledges Dr Nagen Bordolo Teaching staff of Department of Extension Education and Department of Statistics, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, 785013, Assam, India for extending their full cooperation, help, care during the research
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The present study was carried out in the Jorhat district of Assam to assess the extent of adoption of HYVs of glutinous rice and its package of practices recommended by Assam Agricultural University. A multistage purposive cum random sampling technique was followed and statistical method such as frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation was used for analyzing the data. Data were collected through personal interview technique administering a structured schedule. A total of 120 respondents constituted the sample of the study. Majority (65.83%) of the respondents had medium level of adoption of HYVs of glutinous rice. Among all the 14 practices recommended by AAU, only 6 of them such as harvesting, spacing, number of seedlings per hill, sowing time, variety and seed selection had highest number of full adopters. However, “line transplanting” and “irrigation” had the highest number of “non adopters” i.e.81.67% and 69.17% respectively. The study implies that majority of the respondents were partial adopters in case of selected recommended package of practices and their extent of adoption increases with increase in “annual income” and “economic motivation”. This suggests that the extension agencies should continue their efforts in accelerating the adoption of recommended cultivation practices for HYVs of glutinous rice.

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