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Availability of Agricultural Inputs for Crop Production: a Case Study of Dhigalgaon Village Under Comilla Sadar Upazila

M. A. Ullah
Plant Breeding Division, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture, BAU Campus, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

M. E. Hossain
Soil Science Division, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture, BAU Campus, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

F. Akhter
Lecturer
School of Business, Asian University of Bangladesh, Uttara, Dhaka-1230

M. K. Hasan
Joint Director
Rural Sociology, Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development. Kothari, Comilla

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The study was conducted to find out the availability of agricultural inputs to the farmers on timely basis for crop production, such as; seeds, fertilizers, credit, irrigation materials, pesticides, etc. The. study was based on the data collected from the farmers of the village Dhigalgaon under Comilla district. The areas covered under the study were; the farmers' socio-economic and demographic information, and sources and timely availability of the above agricultural inputs. The farmers socio-economic and demographic information included; age of the respondents, level of education, occupation of the respondents, income distribution, involvement of farmers in NGO, and cooperative society, credit received, pattern of land ownership, etc. The sources and timely availability of the agricultural inputs included; seeds, fertilizers, irrigation water, labor, pesticides, etc. The study revealed that all the required agricultural inputs were not timely available to the farmers in different reasons. So, the findings of the study suggested that GOs, NGOs and agricultural research institutes should take necessary steps for timely availability and supply of agricultural inputs to the farmers.

Keywords: Agricultural inputs, Availability, Crop production

Location: Dhigalgaon village under Comilla district

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Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Cost of production

Objectives:

i) To know the sources of availability of the agricultural inputs;

ii) To know whether the agricultural inputs are available in time or not;

iii) To identify the reasons for not getting the agricultural inputs timely;

iv) To provide a set of suitable solution on the basis of the findings for getting timely agricultural inputs.

Methodology:

Sample survey method was followed to conduct the study. Data were collected from the head of the households (farmers) of the sample village Dhigalgaon in April 20l3. To conduct the study, the following steps were followed: Dhigalgaon village under Comilla district was selected to have a representative sample for the study. The village is to the east and 3 km from BARD Campus. The total population of this village is 1178 and total number of household is 151. Literacy rate of this village is also 80%. Thirty farmers (head of the household s) were selected randomly from the same village. Randomly stratified sampling technique was used during the collection of the information. All respondent farmers were invited individually for face-to-face interview. Primary data from the respondent farmers was collected through administering pre-tested questionnaire. Secondary sources of data were also collected to compare the trend and to have some supportive information in different aspects.

Source of Information: Bangladesh Journal of Nuclear Agriculture. Vol: 30, pp: 95-104, ISSN 0258-7130, 2014

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1. Government

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Achievement/Findings:

From the case study, it revealed that the farmers of the Dhigalgaon village did not get the required amount of agricultural inputs in time which seriously hampered the crop production and this is the common scenario of Bangladesh. So, government should take necessary steps to make availability of all the agricultural inputs to sustain crop production of the country.

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