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Provision of seed, pesticide and fertilizer by the department and time of provision: Agriculture extension may have simple change such as new time of planting, seeds of new varieties, fertilizers and use of pesticides to improve modern agricultural crops. Farmers were questioned about the provision of seeds, pesticides and fertilizers which is presented in table VI. The data show that in district Swat 75% of the respondents reported that the department provided seed, fertilizer and pesticides, 25% said that the department did not provide seed, pesticides and fertilizer for farming community. It was reported by 78% and 22% for the provision of these materials arrived in time and late, respectively. In the Buner district, 86% said that the department provided seed, fertilizer and pesticides, 14% answered that the department did not provide seed, pesticides and fertilizer for farming community. It was also reported by 90% and 10% of the respondents for the provision of these materials in time and late, respectively. In the study area 83% answered that the department provided seed, fertilizer and pesticides, while 17% reported that the department did not provide these materials for farming
community. The structure of provision for these materials
was in time or late. It was reported by 87% for in time and
13% for late provision of these materials. From the
findings presented in the table it may be concluded that
majority of the respondents answered for the provision of
material and within time. The Chi-square calculated
value for percent distribution of the respondents on the structure of provision in the two selected districts was
2.403. Therefore, the null hypothesis was accepted by
rejecting the alternative one by stated that the percent
distribution of the structure of provision is the same in
the two districts. The reason of the same proportion
was that the incentives were provided by the
directorate general of the province at the early seasons
for different crops.
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