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Abstract

The adoption of modern production technologies has been the concern of developing countries. The assessment of adoption process provides valuable information to the researchers, extensionists and policy makers to identify reasons of low productivity. The present study aimed to observe the adoption level of farmers for rice production technologies A questionnaire was designed to gather information of various aspects of rice production technologies. A formal survey was conducted in December 2002. A sample of 60 farmers was drawn randomly from 12 villages, selecting four villages from each. Sheikhupura, Gujranwala and Sialkot districts. The results revealed that most of the farmers (>70%) were aware of the rice production technologies. The extreme majority (90-97%) of farmers were fully aware of varieties, land preparation, fertilizer applications, irrigations, pest control and harvesting time The findings of the study conclude that some rice production technologies were well adopted while others not. The technologies based on indigenous knowledge had widely been adopted These technologies include variety selection, raising paddy nursery, land preparation, paddy transplanting and irrigation, However, impositions of non-traditional technologies in conventional set of technologies received partial adoption. These technologies include chemical treatments like seed treatment and chemical weed control and use of pesticides.