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

M.M. Rahman
Scientific Officer
Farm Division , BJRI

M. Hussain
Scientific Officer Senior
BJRI

Masroor Anwer
BJRI

A.B. Siddique
SSO
BJRI

M.Nurzzaman
SSO
Regional Station, Rangpur, BJRI

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

An investigation was made at farmers level of Kishorgonj and Manikganj, 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% at Manikganj felt the necessity of irrigation, whereas 13 and 40% farmers at Kishoregonj and Manikganj actually practiced the same respectively. Similarly, 79 and 70% of farmers at Kishoregonj and Manikganj 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 differenc 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: Some villages of Kishorgonj and Manikganj zilla of Bangladesh

Start Date: 02-03-1994

End Date: 05-11-1995

Program Area: Farming System

Commodity: Jute

Objectives:

To enumerate the water management status in jute production in terms of farmers actual practices and their feeling of need about the same.

Methodology:

The present study was conducted in the year 1994-95. Three villages namely- Ayla, Babudia and Vaskarkhila at Kishoregonj and three villages namely Kalampur, Bhalum and Bathuti at Manikganj 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; O.O to ). 20 ha, small; 0.21 to 1.01 ha, medium, 1.02 to 2.02 ha and large; above 2.02 ha). Altogether 100 farms were interviewed, taking 50 farms from Kishoregonj and 50 farms from Manikganj. Number of sample farms selected from different farm size group were at Kishoregonj: marginal; 12, small; 15 medium; 13 and large; 10 and at Makikganj: 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, Year: 2002 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 131-13

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Funding Source:

1. Government

Budget:

Total Budget (Tk.) :

Achievement/Findings:

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.

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