“Strengthening Institutional Capacity, Extension Services and Rural Livelihoods in the Central Dry Zone and Ayeyarwaddy Delta Region of Myanmar” (ASEM-2011-043) ROLE OF GENDER IN TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION OF RICE PRODUCTION IN THAZI TOWNSHIP, DRY ZONE, MYANMAR KHIN SANDAR LINN AND THEINGI MYINT Research Document: 13-YAU-ASEM-2011-043 SEPTEMBER, 2017 Acknowledgement Author would like to express special gratitude to Yezin Agricultural University (YAU) for kindly administrative support for the completion of study. It was grateful to all the staff from Department of Agriculture, village administrative association and respondents from the study villages, Thazi Township for their cooperation in primary data collection for this study. Great appreciations are also extended to the project the title of “Strengthening Institutional Capacity, Extension Services and Rural Livelihoods in the Central Dry Zone and Ayeyarwaddy Delta Regions of Myanmar (ASEM – 2011 -043)” by Australia Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) which supports research grant for the study. Organized by Dr. Theingi Myint Project Coordinator Professor Department of Agricultural Economics Yezin Agricultural University Email:
[email protected] ROLE OF GENDER IN TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION OF RICE PRODUCTION IN THAZI TOWNSHIP, DRY ZONE, MYANMAR KHIN SANDAR LINN AND THEINGI MYINT SEPTEMBER, 2017 ABSTRACT This study was attempted to analyze the gender perspective in decision making for adoption of improved rice production technologies recommended by Department of Agriculture (DoA) in Thazi Township, to find out the constraints for rice growers regarding the improved rice production technology adoption, to identify the role of agricultural trainings with gender perspective in adoption and to examine factors influencing the role of gender in adoption of improved rice production technologies.