Determinants of improved chickpea variety adoption in high barind region of Bangladesh

Chickpea production in Bangladesh has been decreasing over time. Comprehensive farmlevel adoption of modern chickpea varieties can change the scenario. This paper endeavours to ascertain the determinants of adoption and adoption intensity of improved chickpea variety in the high barind region of Bangladesh. The outcomes from Cragg’s double hurdle model showed that organization membership, information sources, crop diversification index, and village location are the crucial factors that positively influenced both the adoption and adoption level. Farmers with organization membership are 15.5% more probable to adopt improved chickpea while by adding one more information source, the adoption probability can be increased by 6.3%. Meanwhile, women’s decisions, training, credit accessibility, and farm size have effects only in favour of initial adoption. The adoption probability is approximately 15% more in the household where women can participate in the decision-making process. Adopters with higher formal education, off-farm income, and mobile usage capability devote a greater proportion of their land to the improved variety cultivation. Strengthen of the network among farmers and their information sources should be emphasized to stimulate the diffusion process of the improved chickpea variety. Besides, training should be available for both female and male of the farm families since women also affect the adoption decision. Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. Tech. 10(1): 56-63, June 202

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Productivity and efficiency impact of climate change and agroecology on Bangladesh agriculture

The paper estimates the impacts of climate change, agroecological and socio-economic characteristics on agricultural productivity and efficiency changes in Bangladesh agriculture using a rich panel dataset of 17 regions covering a period of 61-years (1948–2008). Results revealed that land has the most dominant role in increasing agricultural production followed by labour and irrigation. The contribution of non-cereal crops (i.e., potatoes, pulses, oilseeds, jute and cash crops) to total production are also significant, ranging from 2 to 8% per annum. An increase in annual-rainfall and long-term-temperature (LTT) significantly enhance production. Production is significantly higher in floodplain agroecologies. However, production efficiency fluctuated sharply and declined overtime. The mean efficiency score of 0.74 implies substantial room to improve production by resource reallocation. Average farm size, crop specialization and investment in R&D significantly improve efficiency whereas increases in annual temperature-variability and LTT significantly reduce efficiency. Efficiency is significantly lower in low-lying floodplain and coastal-plain agroecologies. Policy implications include investments in diversifying cropping portfolio into other cereals (i.e., wheat and maize), research to develop crop varieties suited to changing climatic conditions and specific agroecological regions, and land/tenurial reforms to consolidate farm size to enhance productivity and efficiency of Bangladesh agriculture

The Analysis of Proceeding Papers' Coherence Through Thematic Progression Manifestation

Sebanyak 20 artikel yang telah publikasi di prosiding konferensi Internasional dianalisis berdasarkan manifestasi Pola Great Tema untuk mengetahui koherensi yang dikembangkan dalam artikel. Diketahui berdasarkan analisis tersebut, dari tiga Pola Gerak Tema yang dimanifestasi, pola zig-zag adalah yang banyak dengan 388 pola, diikuti dengan theme reiteration dengan 317 pola, dan pola multiple-rheme dengan 8 pola. Hasil ini mengindikasikan bahwa, walaupun penulis kurang mendapatkan informasi mengenai Pola Gerak Tema, namun mereka dapat menggunakan Pola Gerak Tema tersebut secara tidak sadar sehingga koherensi dalam artikel terbentuk, dan pembaca dapat mengerti isi artikel tersebut