Adoption and continued use of hybrid rice: Case of Haryana State, India

Abstract: India’s productivity of rice production lags behind China’s. Given its status as global food supplier, it is not only national but also world’s concern. As part of an effort to improve rice productivity, India increased investments in research on breeding, which has resulted in many new varieties with higher yield suitable and available for Indian farmers. Despite the effort to encourage hybrid rice adoption, the rate of adoption of the technology remains low because of both insufficient adoption and high rate of disadoption. This calls for more research focused on socioeconomic factors influencing the adoption decision and continued use of hybrid rice. Hence, this study investigated the socioeconomic determinants of adoption and continued use decision of hybrid rice among farming households in Haryana State, India.