Adoption Analysis of BADC Produced <i>Boro</i> Rice Seed and Its Impact on Farm Household Food Security in Bangladesh

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to look into the factors that influence adoption of BADC produce <i>Boro</i> rice seed and its impact on farm household food security in Bangladesh. The endogenous switching regression model (ESRM) and the propensity score matching (PSM) method were employed to identify the factors that influence adoption of BADC <i>Boro</i> rice seed and assessed its adoption impact on farm household food security. The analysis revealed that age, farm size, rice area, farm income, extension service, livestock ownership and government assistance had significant influence on adoption of BADC <i>Boro</i> rice seed. The estimated results show that education, farm size, earning members, farm income had positive and significant influence in attaining food security status of both adopters and non-adopters farm household. The estimated coefficient of correlation between the adoption equation and the food security equation of adopters was positive and significant. The study confirms that BADC produce <i>Boro</i> rice seed adoption had positive and significant impact on farm household food security of Bangladesh. The study recommended that BADC should implement appropriate policies to increase <i>Boro</i> rice seed production and enhance its adoption level through extension service so that food security situation improve in Bangladesh.