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Farmer’s Feeling of Need and Actual Practice of Water Management for Jute Production in Bangladesh

Md. Mujibur Rahman
Senior Scientific Officer
Farm Management Unit Bangladesh Jute Research Institute Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka-1207

Md. Mahbub Hussain
Senior Scientific Officer
Breeding Division Bangladesh Jute Research Institute Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka-1207

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

An investigation was made at farmer’s level of Kishoregonj and Manikgonj, the two important jute growing areas of Bangladesh in order to enumerate the water management status in jute production in terms of farmers actual practices and their feeling of need about the same. Results revealed that average 64% farmers at Kishoregonj and 69% Manikgonj felt the necessity of irrigation, whereas 13 and 40% farmers at Kishoregonj and Manikgonj actually practiced the same respectively. Similarly, 79 and 70% of farmers at Kishoregonj and Manikgonj respectively felt the necessity of draining out the excess water from their jute field but 70 and 52% farmers actually practiced the same respectively. The difference between farmers feeling and actual practice on irrigation was wide while the difference between farmers feeling and actual practice on draining out the excess water was narrow which clearly showed the importance of drainage over irrigation in jute production at farmers level. But the statistical significant difference between feeling need and actual practice for improved water management are yet to prevalent over what farmers got from their forefathers.

Keywords: Water management, Jute Bangladesh, Irrigation.

Location: Three villages namely-Ayla, Babudia and Vaskarkhilla at Kishoregonj and three villages namely-Kalampur, Bhalum and Bathuli at Manikgonj.

Start Date: 00-00-1994

End Date: 00-00-1995

Program Area: Crop-Soil-Water Management

Commodity: Water management

Objectives:

Farmers will pay due attention to the research findings about which they have some experience and seem to be more important to them which directed to take the present study.

Methodology:

The present study was conducted in the year 1994-95. Three villages namely-Ayla, Babudia and Vaskarkhilla at Kishoregonj and three villages namely-Kalampur, Bhalum and Bathuli at Manikgonj were selected as sample area for the present study. Sample farmers were selected from the base-line respondents. Stratified random sampling method was adopted for selection of the sample farmers. Criteria for stratification was farm size (marginal; 0.0 to 0.20 ha, small; 0.21 to 1.01 ha, medium; 1.02 to 2.02 ha and large; above 2.02). Altogether 100 farms were interviewed, taking 50 farms selected from different farm size group were at Kishoregonj: marginal; 12, small 15 medium: 13 and large: 10 and at Manikgonj: marginal: 13 small; 16, medium; 12 and large; 9. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey developed for the purpose. Descriptive and analytical techniques were adopted to analyze the data. Tables were constructed based on arithmetic mean, percent and regression analysis result.

Source of Information: Pakistan Journal of Agronomy 1 (4): 131-132, 2002

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Achievement/Findings:

Conclusively it can be said that drainage in jute field has got more importance over irrigation practice at farmer’s level in jute production at Kishoregonj and Manikgonj agro-ecological condition but farmer’s actual practice yet to pace with their feeling as well as improved technological innovation. Appropriate research programs are to be undertaken for developing suitable drainage system for developing suitable drainage system for jute field.

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