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Present Status and Problem Confrontation of Dyke Vegetable Production at Freshwater Ghers of Bagerhat District in Bangladesh

Jafrin Akter
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh

Mohammad Bashir Ahmed
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh

Md. Abdul Mannan
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh

Md. Matiul Islam
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh

Asit Baran Mondal
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The water-bodies of shrimp/prawn farm are known as “gher” and the embankments of the gher are known as “Dyke”. Recently, vegetable production on the Dykes is gaining popularity in the southwest coastal region. The main purpose of the study was to identify the present status of Dyke Vegetable Production (DVP) in gher and to determine the problem confrontation associated with DVP. Data were collected from randomly selected 84 respondents (50% out of 168 gher owners) of five selected villages of Mollarhat upazila under Bagerhat district, through face-to-face interview using a pre-tested interview schedule during February to April, 2018. Collected data were analyzed by using SPSS software for different statistical techniques and for obtaining results and subsequent interpretation for satisfying the mentioned purpose of the study.Most (86.9%) of the respondents had medium to large sized Dykes, and thus the respondents could bring their Dyke area under vegetables cultivation instead of keeping fallow year after year. The gher owners harvested on an average 218.47 kg vegetable and earned 3,383.807 Tk. annually from one decimal Dyke area which is an additional income. The gher owners who have large sized Dyke in ghers continued production due to high quantity of cumulative profit. About half (51.19%) of the respondents grown lady’s finger in the Dykes during lean period followed by brinjal (48.81%) and tomato (47.61%). The respondents produced 53,962.09 kg ha^-1 which is completely extra production contributing to food security. A number of 29 problems were identified as confronted by Dyke vegetables growers with different extent of severity. The most severe problem in Dyke vegetable farming in the study area was “lack of technical knowledge for identification of diseases”. Most of the respondents (96.4%) belonged to medium problem confrontation category. Among 13 selected characteristics of the respondents only annual family income showed a significant positive relationship and extension contact showed a negative significant relationship with the problem confrontation. The gher owners confront medium problems and appropriate measures should be undertaken to reduce these problems as minimum as possible.

Keywords: Dyke vegetable, Production, Present status, Problem confrontation

Location: The study was conducted at three unions (Atjuri, Kodaliaand Kulia) of Mollarhatupazila under Bagerhat district of Bangladesh

Start Date: 02-02-2018

End Date: 28-04-2018

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Vegetables

Objectives:

I. To determine the present status of Dyke vegetable production in the study areas,

II. To assess the impacts of Dyke vegetable production on food security,

III. To identify the problems of Dyke vegetable production confronted by the farmers,

IV. To explore the relationship between the selected characteristics of the respondents and problems confronted in Dyke vegetable production.

Methodology:

The study was conducted at three unions (Atjuri, Kodaliaand Kulia) of Mollarhatupazila under Bagerhat district of Bangladesh. The study area is known place for the researchers where around 168 gher owners, as per information received from the Upazila Agriculture office, were involved with Dyke vegetable production who had been considered as the population of research. Among them 50% (i.e., 84 farmers) were randomly selected as the sample of the study. Data were collected from randomly selected 84 (out of 168) Dyke vegetable producing farmers of the study area during 2nd February to 28 th April, 2018. Data were collected using a pretested interview schedule through face-to-face interview. Data were collected on socio-economic characteristics of the respondents which were treated as independent variable viz. age, educational qualification, experience in farming, experience in fish farming, and experience in Dyke vegetable production, family size, farm size, annual income, organizational participation, cosmopoliteness, and extension media contact. Problem confrontation regarding problem confrontation in Dyke vegetable production was considered as dependent variable in this study. Collected data were analyzed by using SPSS software for different statistical techniques and for obtaining results and subsequent interpretation for satisfying the mentioned purpose of the study. Data were collected on Dyke area, annual yield and income of Dyke vegetable production, present and previous amount of land used in Dyke vegetable production to study the present status of Dyke vegetable production on fresh water ghers. Data were also collected to determine the impact of Dyke vegetable production on food security. To measure Dyke area (decimal), annual Dyke vegetables yield (kg) and annual incomes (‘000 Tk.) from Dyke vegetable production were considered. A number of 29 usually faced problems were identified and listed in the interview schedule. The respondents were asked about the problem they faced during Dyke vegetable cultivation on Dyke with their severity. A four-point rating scale such as highly severe, severe, less severe and not at all was assigned against each of the problems to indicate the severity, and a score of 3,2,1 and 0 was assigned against each of the scales, respectively. The problem confrontation score of a respondent was determined by summing up all the scores obtained by the respondent against the all problems. The problem confrontation score of respondents could range from ‘0’ to ‘87’ where ‘0’ indicated no problem confrontation while ‘87’ indicated high problem confrontation. To determine the severity of a problem, Problem Confrontation Index (PCI) was calculated by using the following formula: PCI = N_h× 3+ Ns×2 + N_l × 1 + N_n× 0 Where, PCI = Problem Confrontation Index, N_h = Number of respondents rated the problem as highly severe, Ns = Number of respondents rated the problem as severe, N_l = Number of respondents rated the problem as less severe, N_n = Number of respondents rated the problem as not at all a problem. The PCI score of the respondents could range from ‘0’ to ‘252’ where ‘0’ indicate not at all a problem and ‘252’ indicate the highly severe problem. Statistical treatments such as number, percent, rank order, range, mean and standard deviation were used to interpret data. To explore relationship between any two variables Pearson’s product moment correlation coefficient ‘r’ was employed. Data were analyzed using the Microsoft Excel and Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS).

Source of Information: Res. Agric. Livest. Fish. Vol. 6, No. 1, April 2019 : 69-78.

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Achievement/Findings:

Majority of the respondents were middle to old aged farmers, had primary level of educational qualification followed by illiterate, having medium to high experience in farming and medium to low experience white-fish farming but low experience in Dyke vegetable production, and also having small sized family, small sized farms, high annual income, low organizational participation, medium cosmopolitanism and medium extension media contact. Ghers got tremendous expansion in the southwest coastal region caused serious soil degradation and reduced productivity of crops. But it is now a felt need to increase the crop production. As a result initially the farmers took steps to produce vegetables on the Dykes of the ghers very recently. The types of vegetable grown, cropping intensity, yield and income from vegetable production on the Dyke, its impact on food security indicate that the present status is progressing towards improved situation and is of huge prospect though some problems were observed. The respondents of the study area confronted 29 problems related to Dyke vegetable production with different extent of severity. The most severe problem in Dyke vegetable farming in the study area was lack of technical knowledge for identification of diseases was the highly severe problem while unavailability of fertilizer in season was the least severe problem. Among 11 selected characteristics of the respondent’s only annual family income showed a significant positive relationship and extension contact showed a negative significant relationship with the problem confrontation. The freshwater gher farmers are becoming interested day by day to cultivate crops on the Dykes. However, they confront medium problems while performing Dyke vegetable production. Appropriate measures should be undertaken to reduce these problems as minimum as possible. The types of vegetables grown, cropping intensity, yield and income from vegetable production on the Dyke, its impact on food security indicate that the present status is progressing toward huge prospect though some problems are observed.

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