Assessing of Farmers’ Opinion towards Floating Agriculture as a Means of Cleaner Production: A Case of Barisal District, Bangladesh

Hasan, Shaikh Shamim; Mohammad, Ashek; Ghosh, Mithun Kumar; Khalil, Md.

doi:10.9734/bjast/2017/33635

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“…In the study area, fifty-eight percent respondents use their own fund for floating gardening whereas 34% collect loan from bank and NGOs. This result is in the line with the result found by MoEF (2005) and Hasan et al (2017). Requirement of lower investment for floating gardening might be the responsible factor for that pattern of resource allocation.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Average use of fertilizers was 284 kg ha -1 . The proportional investment on seed/seedling, fertilizers and insecticides & pesticides were very low (Islam and Atkins, 2007;Irfanullah, 2009;Chowdhury and Moore, 2017) although Hasan et al (2017) and Islam et al (2019) claimed about no use of chemical fertilizers for floating gardening. The smart use of different organic matters and required essential nutrients for the plants during floating beds preparation might confirm the expected growth of the plants.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Unfavourable economic condition of the floating gardeners might be responsible for their poor bargaining capacity as well as having lower farm gate price of their produces. Hasan et al (2017) and Islam et al (2019) also identified the shortage of technical knowledge as the most encountered problem in floating gardening and suggested for arranging more training to overcome the problems.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Chowdhury and Moore (2017) also investigated the possibilities of this practice as a technique for climate change adaptation. Several other studies also recorded the success of this practice in coastal areas as well as wetland areas of the country (Byomkesh et al, 2008;IUCN, 2008;Saha, 2010;Irfanullah, 2013;Hasan et al, 2017). Kabir et al (2019) studied the cost-benefit of seedling production on floating beds in Pirojpur district of Bangladesh and found a positive income with BCR 1.43.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Floating gardening in Bangladesh: a sustainable income generating activity in wetland areas

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Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. & Tech.

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Floating gardening acts as a fruitful climate-change adaptation strategy in different wetland areas of Bangladesh. The study accomplished to examine the profitability of floating gardening in Gopalgonj district of Bangladesh in 2018. A total of 100 floating gardeners were interviewed to achieve the objectives. Descriptive statistics and Cobb-Douglas production function were used to investigate the factors influencing yield of floating gardening. The findings reveal that, small and marginal farmers were more involved in floating gardening. Around sixty-five percent of the production costs was contributed by human labour. Floating gardeners of the study area earned a net return of BDT 457,901 per hectare per year. Human labour, fertilizers and support materials significantly affected the yield. More training and improved marketing system could further enhance the profitability. Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. Tech. 10(1): 87-93, June 2020

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“…Through a study Faroque and Takeya [32], found that education level, farming experience, farm size, family size, fertilizer use and communication exposure had an influence on perceptions of integrated soil fertility and nutrient management. Through another study, Hasan et al, [33] found that farmer"s age had an influence on the opinion towards floating agriculture. In the developing world, farm size may be considered as an important determinant that directly influences education and other physical facilities that develop knowledge and experience in farming and improved communication skills.…”

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Knowledge of Farmers to Sustainable Agriculture Practices: A Case Study in Southwestern Region of Bangladesh

Ghosh¹,

Hasan²,

EnamulHaque³

et al. 2020

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Original Research ArticleThe agricultural sector is facing major challenges, which can affect the entrepreneurial farming activities. One of the major challenges is the adoption of practices leading to sustainable agriculture. Therefore, it is relevant to investigate the knowledge of the main actors in agriculture: the farmers. The main purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge of the farmers towards sustainable agricultural practices so that the farmers can adopt sustainable agricultural practices more effectively for producing more. So it is needed to ascertain the knowledge of the farmers. Farmers bear knowledge on sustainable agriculture which they acquired from different sources. By this study it was trying to identify that whether the knowledge is sufficient to adopt sustainable agricultural practices. This study was completed through filling up questionnaire by interviewing 90 respondents who were selected using the simple random technique. The major finding of this study was that about 85% respondents of the study area had low to medium knowledge on sustainable agricultural practices. Therefore the findings suggest that the respondents were not bearing enough knowledge to practice sustainable agriculture.

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Local Strategies to Build Climate Resilient Communities in Bangladesh

Bari

Haque

Khan³

2021

Climate Change and Community Resilience

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Climate risksthreaten forests, riverbanks and agriculture communities in Bangladesh. This chapter examines three cases from Bangladesh where local communities have been using innovative methods for addressing these issues. With the pressure of high density of population, Bangladesh’s forest cover has declined to as low as 10.7% despite the fact that 17.5% of the land is designated as forest land. Foresters across Bangladesh find it difficult to protect these lands due to high demand for fuelwood. The first case shows how developing an appropriate market chain is used to reduce pressure on forests. The second case shows how to use traditional knowledge to protect riverbanks from erosion in remote villages by using local and natural materials, reclaim agricultural land and also promote navigation. Given the threat of climate change and possible sea-level rise, these lands will be threatened with permanent waterlogging. The third and final case show how farmers in Bangladesh have used indigenous knowledge and begun producing agricultural crops using floating beds in waterlogged areas of Bangladesh. This is an effective adaptation strategy to deal with the vulnerability of countries against food insecurity in many of the developing countries.

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Assessing of Farmers’ Opinion towards Floating Agriculture as a Means of Cleaner Production: A Case of Barisal District, Bangladesh

Cited by 17 publications

References 12 publications

Floating gardening in Bangladesh: a sustainable income generating activity in wetland areas

Floating gardening in Bangladesh: a sustainable income generating activity in wetland areas

Knowledge of Farmers to Sustainable Agriculture Practices: A Case Study in Southwestern Region of Bangladesh

Local Strategies to Build Climate Resilient Communities in Bangladesh

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