THE FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ORGANIC PADDY PRODUCTION: CASE OF THE VAVUNIYA DISTRICT, SRI LANKA

Abstract

The objective of the study is to examine the determinants of organic paddy farming in Vavuniya district of Sri Lanka. For this purpose, primary data were collected among two hundred and twenty farmers during the period of 2019/2020. The sample were selected based on the purposive random sampling techniques. The collected quantitative data were analysed by using descriptive statistics and binary Probit regression. Among the total respondents 100 farmers are engaged in organic paddy farming and rest 120 are inorganic paddy farmers. The results of the Probit regression reveals that farmer’s education level, age of the farmer, land type, size of cultivation and awareness about farming are the important determinant on organic farming. Finally, overall finding revels the importance of the awareness of organic farming, because which will help to create a healthy society with traditional values and to support to the economic development by the way of expanding the agricultural sector.