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Impact Assessment of Integrated Farming at Farming System Research Site

M. A. Hossain
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur.

M. S. Rahman
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur.

M. R. Hasan
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur.

M. Akhtar Hossain
On Farm Research Division, BARI, Gazipur.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The study was initiated at FSR site Narikeli, Jamalpur to assess the impact of the technologies given to the FSR sites of OFRD of BARI. The findings of the study suggested that the recommended technologies were profitable. MBCR was found to be greater than two for all the recommended technologies. Technologies like crop production, homestead farming, livestock and fisheries also created employment opportunity to the family members. The overall SPIS was found to be 78.33 percent indicating overall change in socio-economic status of the sample farmers. The adoption of BARI technologies varied from medium to very low level.

Keywords: Impact, Integrated Farming, Adoption

Location: FSR site Narikeli, Jamalpur

Start Date: 00-03-2007

End Date: 00-05-2007

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Adoption of technology

Objectives:

1. To determine the extend of adoption of intervened technologies and

2. To evaluate the impact of these technologies on yield, return, income, employment generation and socio- economic development of the farmers.

Methodology:

The study was conducted at FSR site Narikeli, Jamalpur during March-May, 2007 to assess the impact of these technologies at farm level. The necessary information were collected with the help of pre-designed and pre-tested interview schedules. Fifteen farmers were brought under the whole farm intervention at the site during the year 1999. All of these fifteen farmers were selected as the sample for the present study. The collected data were summarized and analyzed through tabular methods using averages, percentages, ratios, etc. Raw data were inserted in computer using the concerned software MS Excel. Gross return of each technology was calculated by multiplying the yield with their unit price. Gross margin (GM) is the difference between gross return (GR) and total variable cost (TVC). Marginal benefit cost ratio (MBCR) is the ratio of marginal benefits over costs. It evaluated among several alternatives, the pattern or practice that is most likely to replace an existing pattern or practice. The level of adoption was measured by computing adoption scores for recommended technologies. Score given to each technology that varied from 1 to 4 according to the adoption of the suggested technology. A respondent farmer could get a score of 4 for adopting cent percent of technologies. On the other hand, farmers could receive a score of 3 for 75% adopting, 2 for 50% adopting and 1 for 25% adopting. The mean score became the index of level of adoption of the recommended technologies. On the basis of the score that earned by the farmers were categorized as high, medium, low and very low adopters respectively. Perceived Impact Score (PIS) technique was used to highlight overall impact of technologies. PIS was computed for each changed item by summing the weights for responses of all the sample farmers against that change item. The weight assigned was 3, 2, 1 and 0 for the selected categories of changes respectively. In order to make a meaningful comparison of data, the PIS for a particular change item was standardized (SPIS).

Source of Information: J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 6(1), 175-180, 2008, ISSN 1810-3030

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Achievement/Findings:

On the basis of the findings it can be concluded that the cultivation of BRRI Dhan 29 and BR 11 instead of local variety increases the income of the farmers. Homestead farming, livestock and fisheries components not only met the family consumption and improved nutrition but also create employment opportunities to the family members. This Programme also improved the socio-economic status of the sample farmers. Level of adoption was found to be in lower side. Farmer got some facilities like seeds of improved variety of vegetables, treatment facilities for livestock with free of cost in the project period.

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