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Socio-economic Impact of Liming on Vegetable Production in Acid Soils of Belabo Upazilla Under Norsingdi District

Sonia Yasmin
Former M S student
Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Development, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh.

Md. Safiul Islam Afrad
Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Development, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh.

Foyez Ahmed Prodhan
Lecturer
Department of Agricultural Extension & Rural Development, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University, Gazipur, Bangladesh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The main purpose of this study was to determine the impact of liming in terms of changes in yield of selected vegetables as well as income from vegetable production.The study was conducted in Belabo upazila of Narsingdi district. Ninety respondents were selected as the sample of the study from 200 lime users by using simple random sampling technique. Data were collected with the help of pre-tested interview schedule. It was found that after adoption of liming technology, income from vegetable production of all the respondents were increased and an overwhelming majority (93.33%) of the respondents had medium to high annual income. After adoption of liming technology, production of brinjal, cucumber, lady’s finger, potato, and red amaranth increased significantly. Education, farm size, training experience, and knowledge on liming technology of the respondents showed significant positive relationship with their increased income from vegetable production after adoption of liming technology. Lack of marketing facilities, poor training opportunities and inadequate supply of lime were the major problems faced by the respondents.

Keywords: Impact, Liming technology, Yield, income.

Location: Belabo upazila under Narsingdi district, Bangladesh

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Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Soil fertility, Vegetables

Objectives:

To describe the socio-demographic characteristics of the liming beneficiaries;
To assess the extent of impact of liming in terms of changes in yield of selected vegetables and increase in income from those vegetables;
To determine the relationship between the selected characteristics of the respondents and the impact of liming on vegetable production; and
To find out the problems faced by the respondents in adopting liming technology.

Methodology:

Belabo upazila under Narsingdi district was purposively selected as the locale for conducting this study. The farmers under ‘Food for Progress’ project from the four blocks, namely Belabo, Amlabo, Bajnaba, and Patuli of Belabor upazila were the target population of this study. Total numbers of farmers in the four blocks were 200 (Belabo 51, Amlabo 70, Bajnaba 33, and Patuli 46). Out of this population, a number of 90 farmers (45%) were selected as the sample of the study following simple random sampling technique. Data were collected through face to face interview using predesigned interview schedules.The impact of liming technology on vegetable production was measured in terms of increased income from the increased yield of vegetables after adopting liming technology. The selected vegetables were brinjal, cucumber, lady’s finger, potato, and red amaranth. The increased yield was calculated by deducting selected vegetables’ yield before adoption of liming technology from those after adoption of liming technology. Respondents’ income was measured on the basis of their total yearly income obtained from yield of brinjal, cucumber, lady’s finger, potato and red amaranth. In order to justify the mean yield differences between before and after liming and mean income of those vegetables paired t-test was used. Co-efficient of correlation was used to find out the relationship between the selected characteristics of the respondents and the impact of liming on vegetable production.

Source of Information: Ann. Bangladesh Agric. (2014) 18 (1): 87-95; ISSN 1025-482X.

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Achievement/Findings:

On the basis of the findings of the study, it can be concluded that liming had significant positive impact on vegetable production as mean production of brinjal, cucumber, lady’s finger, potato, red amaranth, and total vegetable production increased significantly after adoption of liming technology. The increased yield of the vegetables exerted a positive impact on the income of the respondents. It was found that after adopting the liming technology, income from vegetable production of all the respondents increased and more than 4th -5th of the respondents had medium to high annual income. The major problems faced by the respondents in adopting liming technology were lack of marketing facilities, lack of proper training facilities, and inadequate supply of lime. Therefore, it is recommended that proper training facilities should be provided to the farmers and adequate amount of lime should be made available to the farmers at a fair price.

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