Factors affecting adoption of organic vegetable farming in Chitwan district, Nepal.

摘要

The importance of organic agriculture is being realized by farmers as well as the policy makers, intellectuals and sensitive citizens after observing the deteriorating situation in the agriculture sector of Nepal. A broad range of factors including the socio-economic characteristics of the farmer and farmer's perception on organic farming were covered to assess the factors affecting adoption of organic vegetable production in Phoolbari VDC of Chitwan district of Nepal. The data were obtained from 65 households of Phoolbari VDC adopting organic farming. Multiple regression analysis was adopted to analyze the data. The finding points out three factors, farmers' participation in organic farming related trainings and visits, farm size and compatibility of organic farming to their situations as the main determinants of adoption of organic farming among farmers.