Identification of Socio-Management Issues Associated with Technology Adoption of Sericulture Farmers of West Bengal, India

Abstract

Aims: Identification of the factors and variables on technology adoption tendency among sericulture farmers of West Bengal. Study Design: Tendency of technology adoption is assessed using a total of 21 socio-management variables associated with sericulture, West Bengal, India using empirical data collected from 127 respondents under three districts. Methodology: The independent 14 societal and 7 management factors were statistically analyzed using the path, and regression equations to understand the behavioral tendency of technology adoption amongst farmers’ community. Results: Path analysis showed the direct effect of utilization of information sources (x10), socio-economic status (x14), and the number of employment days per labour per year (x19) on technology adoption. The regression analysis showed that utilization of information source (x10), socio-economic status (x14), number of employment days per year per labour (x19), benefit-cost ratio (x20), and social participation (x8) have a distinctive impact on the consequent factor technology adoption (y). Conclusion: If the identified issues can be addressed in terms of technology adoption, the number of sericulture farmers will be increased in the future that will increase the raw silk production and followed by economy growth.