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Farmers Organic Matter Use Behavior in Crop Production

S.M.A. Hoque
Upazilla Agriculture Office
Meherpur Sadar

M.E. Haque
Assistant Professor
Dept. of AEE, BSMRAU, Gazipur.

M.A. Hossain
Professor
GTI, BAU, Mymenshing.

M.M.U. Miah
Lecturer
Dept. of Agroforestry, HMDAC, Dinajpur.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The main focus of the study was to determine the farmers organic matter use behavior in crop production and to explore the relationship between farmers selected characteristics and their use of organic matter. The study was conducted in the two villages of Sadar thana of Meherpur district. Data were collected from 81 respondents following the stratified random sampling technique. Statistical tests like mean, standard deviation and correlation coefficient were used.

Farmers of the study area used organic matter namely as cowdung and urine, poultry manure, crop residues, stubbles of housing, ashes etc. They did not apply organic matter in their crop field according to recommended dose. They applied only 3.62 t/ha organic matter on an average, which was around 72.4% of the minimum requirement. The mean rate of application of organic matter in potato (HYV), summer vegetables, spices and both winter vegetables and aus (HYV) were 5.06, 4.73, 4.54 and 4.35 t/ha respectively.

The mean area of cultivated land under organic matter application was 49.12%. About 21% farmers did not apply any organic matter in their crop field during the study period and only 22.22% applied organic matter in their 100% crop field. The cultivated land under organic matter use were 57%, 50%,44.43% and 39.03% of medium, marginal, small and large farmers respectively. Of the selected characteristics, farmers age and farming experience had positive significant relationship, while farm size and use of urea had negative significant relationship with percent of area under organic matter use.

Keywords: Farmer, Organic matter, Crop, Behaviour

Location: Rajnagar and Gopalpur of Meherpur Sadar Thana.

Start Date: 17-04-1999

End Date: 16-05-1999

Program Area: Crop-Soil-Water Management

Commodity: Soil fertility

Objectives:

1. To determine the sources of organic matter use by the farmers

2. To determine the farmers organic matter use behavior in crop production.

3. To determine the relationship between some selected characteristics of farmers and their use of organic matter In crop area.

Methodology:

This study was conducted in two villages namely Rajnagar and Gopalpur of Meherpur Sadar Thana under the district of Meherpur. Data for the study were collected from 81 respondents following stratified random sampling technique with the help of interview schedule during 17th April to 16 May, 1999. As per objectives of the study statistical test like frequency counts, percentage, means, standard deviations were used for analysis and interpretation of data. Correlation coefficients were used for hypothesis testing and 0.05 level of probability was used as the basis for exploring relationship between the concerned variables through- out the study.

Variables of the study: The independent variables in the study were farmer's age, education, family size, farm size, family subsistence pressure, relative labor scarcity, farming experience, extension contact, annual income, organizational participation, cosmopoliteness, knowledge on organic matter, use of urea, use of TSP and use of MP as chemical fertilizers. The dependent variable of the study was organic matter use, which was measured on the basis of percent of cultivated area where organic matter was used. Thus, Total area of land under organic matter

Source of Information: Bangladesh Journal of Extension Education, VOL. 11 & 12, No. 1 &2, 1999-2000:95-100 (ISSN 1011-3916)

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Achievement/Findings:

Among the different sources of organic matter, farmers of the study area used mainly cowdung and urine, poultry manure, crop residues, stubbles of housing, and ashes. In the study area only 49.12% of cultivated land was under organic matter application. Only about one fifth of the farmers applied organic matter in their 100% crop field, medium farmers used organic matter in their 57% crop land, while large farmers used organic matter only in about 39% of their crop land. In most cases, farmers did not apply recommended doses of organic matter. The mean application of OM was 3.62 t/ha in different crops which was 72.4% of the minimum requirement compared to recommended dose. Farmers' tendency to apply more OM in HYV potato, summer vegetables, spices and winter vegetables compared to other crops. Age and farming experience of farmers showed positive relationship while farm size and use of urea showed negative relationship with the percent area of OM use.

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