Comparative Contribution of Crops and Homestead Forest Enterprises to Rural Household Economy: A Case Study of Keshorita Village in Bangladesh

Afrad

et al. 2021

JAERI

The study aimed at assessing the pest risk and management practices of lemon production and its profitability in Tangail district of Bangladesh. Household survey was conducted by an interview schedule from 120 lemon growers who were selected as sample respondents following a proportionate random sampling technique. Lemon butterfly and dieback disease were identified as important problems in lemon cultivation. Lemon butterfly was found with the highest infestation in Elachi lemon (70.0%) and Kagozi lemon (57.0%). Dieback disease was found with the highest infestation rate of 49.3% in Elachi lemon, 38.0% in Kagozi lemon, and 33.3% in Sakara-2 variety. Almost 82.5 percent of the respondents had medium to high adoption of pest management practices. The adoption of pest management practices was positively related to the profitability of lemon cultivation. However, there is further scope to make pest management practices sustainable by enhancing the adoption of biological, cultural, and mechanical approaches.

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Pest Risk Analysis and Management Practices for Increasing Profitability of Lemon Production

Hasan

Afrad

et al. 2021

JAERI

“…Rice is a staple cereal in the study area and to entire Bangladesh. Food security in Bangladesh mainly determined by the availability of and access to adequate rice [10]. Hence, adaptation to erratic-rainfall induced drought is a historical problem, and northern people are trying to adjust with different local and high yielding modern rice varieties.…”

Section: Comparative Area Coverage By Budhan1mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, global climate change is threatening the livelihoods of smallholder agricultural community by decreasing of farmland and crop production [4,5,6] as a result of climatic variability and natural disasters throughout the cropping season [7,8]. Reduced agricultural land will be impacted heavily in the areas where GDP is low, and people lead their livelihood with a limited alternative; such as agro-economy based country like Bangladesh [9,10,11]. Hence, it is very critical to develop sustainable adaptation pathways that could better withstand the climatic variability and extreme weather to sustain the food and livelihood security of the smallholder farmers.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

How Does Adoption of Crop Variety Reduce the Impact of Drought in Agriculture and Mitigate Food Insecurity of Smallholder Farmers? A Case Study on BUdhan1 Rice Variety in Bangladesh

Nasim

Hoque

et al. 2019

AJAEES

Adaptation to climate change impacts in agriculture sector is a particular challenge in the coming decades. Erratic rainfall causes prolonged drought period in the north-western part of Bangladesh which hampers crop production and creates uncertainty of food security. Adoption of drought-tolerant crop variety could be an effective strategy to overcome the challenges of food insecurity. This study examines the adoption quotient of BUdhan1 rice variety and its effect on food insecurity status of the beneficiary farmers in Gaibandha district through a questionnaire survey of 60 sampled respondents. The results reveal that respondent farmers are slowly adopting BUdhan1 rice variety although they provided positive feedback regarding its profitability and attributive characteristics. The farm holding size, knowledge, access to information sources and annual household income was positively related to changes in the adoption of BUdhan1 rice variety. However, the productivity and economic returns from BUdhan1 influenced farmers' decision to continue or discontinue of the rice variety in the future. Notably, the study found a very significant impact of BUdhan1 adoption in eradicating food insecurity from the study area. This study highlighted some other strengths and weaknesses of BUdhan1 rice variety that can be included in the further development, multiplication and dissemination process of this rice variety to make it more climate-smart innovation.

“…Bangladesh is considering now as one of the first growing economies in South Asia and received the status of middle-income category very recently. Moreover, the country achieved food sufficiency despite its huge population, limited land area, and adverse climatic condition through higher agricultural production with the help of market-oriented agricultural policy and technological innovation [2,3,4,[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. A larger portion of the people are still living in the rural areas whose livelihoods are primarily dependent on agricultural activities [13] that implies greater attention to farming for sustainable rural development [7,9,14].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Utilization and Effectiveness of ICT as Agricultural Information Delivery System in Thakurgao, Bangladesh

Hoque

2021

SAJSSE

The study was conducted in Thakurgaon sadar Upazila to determine farmers’ perception of the extent and factors of ICTs effectiveness in transferring farming information. A total of 250 people who were already been taken services from different ICT center was selected as sample respondents following a random sampling technique. Primary data were collected using a predesigned interview schedule. Findings revealed that 57.2% of the respondents contacted with Union Digital Center while 38.8% contacted with government own ICT center AICC (Agricultural Information and Communication Center) for their farming-related information. Majority (79.2%) of the respondents opined that they have utilized ICTs moderately to highly whereas three-fourth of the respondents found ICTs moderately to extremely effective in transferring farming technology. Uninterrupted electricity supply, high speed of internet, providing regular training on ICTs, skilled staff and technicians for ICTs and provision for repairing ICT tools are being perceived as significant factors of ICTs effectiveness. Near future, ICT may offer a great opportunity to facilitate the flow of information and technology service delivery to the rural people of Bangladesh.