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Economic Evaluation of Mixed Cropping of Mungbean with Off-season Tossa Jute Seedcrop

Md. Nahid Parvez
Dept. of Agriculture,First Capital University of Bangladesh, Chuadanga

Md. Shafiqul Islam
Dept.of Agronomy, Bangladesh Agricultural University of Bangladesh, Mymensingh

Tamanna Haque
Dept.of Horticulture, Bangladesh Agricultural University of Bangladesh, Mymensingh

Fakir Muhammad Munawar Hossain
Planning Commission, Government People’s Republic of Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Najrul Islam
Dept.of Agronomy, Bangladesh Agricultural University of Bangladesh, Mymensingh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Field experiments were conducted at the Agronomy Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University to identify the most profitable mixed cropping sequence of mungbean with off season Tossa jute. Experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications, consisting of fourteen treatments. Results showed that plant population at harvest, plant height, branches plant-1, seed yield and 1000-seed weight of jute were reduced in mixed cropping treatments as compared with sole cropping of jute. As a result, the seed yield of sole jute crop was always higher than that of mixed cropping treatments. The highest seed yield of jute was 485.5 kg ha-1as sole cropping treatment and lowest seed yield of jute 122.5kg ha-1was obtained in 80% mungbean+20% jute treatment. However, the highest land equivalent ratio (1.16) and monetary advantage (Tk 11724.13 ha^-1) were found in of 100% mungbean+80% jute treatment which also gave the higher economic return than sole jute seed crop. Therefore, the seed yield of jute and mungbean at mixed cropping under variable seeding rates were less than their sole crop yields but the combined yields or equivalent yields of jute and mungbean from mixed cropping were more than the sole crop yield of either jute or mungbean. Thus, mixed cropping of mungbean and jute appeared to be the best practice in terms of economic return to the farmers.

Keywords: Jute seed crop, Mungbean, Mixed cropping, Benefit cost ratio (BCR), Land equivalent ratio (LER)

Location: Agronomy Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh

Start Date: 00-09-2008

End Date: 00-02-2009

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Cropping pattern

Objectives:

The present study was undertaken to evaluate the agronomic performance of mungbean mixed cropping with late season jute seed crop, find out the economic feasibility of mungbean and jute seed crop and land equivalent ratio (LER).

Methodology:

Experiment was conducted at Agronomy Field Laboratory, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh during the period from September 2008 to February 2009. The experimental plot is located at 24.750^oN Latitude and 90.50^oE Longitude at an altitude of 18 m above the sea level. The experiment was laid out in a Randomized Complete Block Design with three replications. The following treatments were included in the experiment. T1 =Sole jute, T2 =Sole mungbean,T3 =100% mungbean+20% jute, T4 =100% mungbean +40% jute, T5 =100% mungbean+60% jute, T6 =100% mungbean+80% jute, T7 =80% mungbean+20% jute, T8 =80% mungbean+40% jute T9 =80% mungbean+60% jute, T10 =80% mungbean+80% jute, T11 =60% mungbean+20% jute, T12 =60% mungbean+40% jute, T13 =60% mungbean+60% jute, T14 =60% mungbean+80% jute Experiment includes two types of crops. Jute (Corchorus olitorius, var. O-9897 i.e. Falguni Tossa) was the principal seed crops and mungbean (Vigna radiata, var. BARI Mung 5) as pulse crops. The soil was sandy loam in texture and slightly acidic in nature, moderate in organic matter content and low in fertility level. The status of P and CEC is medium and that of K is low. The experiment was initiated on September 2008 by ploughing the land. The seeds were sown on October 15, 2008 as sole and mixed cropping. The unit plot size was 4m×2.5m. The seed and fertilizer rates of mungbean and jute were recommended in the case of sole cropping by Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute and Bangladesh Jute Research Institute respectively. One half of total urea and full dose of TSP, MP and gypsum were applied after first ploughing of the experimental plots. The remaining half of Urea was top dressed in two equal splits, on 35 and 45 days after sowing (DAS) in sole mungbean, jute and mixed cropping treatments. The following data were recorded before and after harvest both for sole and mixed crops treatments i.e. Plant population m^-2. Plant height (m), number of branches plant^-1, number of pods (fruits) plant^-1, number of seeds pod^-1, seed yield ha^-1 (kg), 1000 seed weight (g), Percentage of viable seeds, Disease and pest incidence, By product yield ha^-1 (kg), Economic return and Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR). Relative yields were calculated by dividing the yield of jute and mungbean mixed crops with their respective sole crop yields.

Source of Information: J. Biosci. Agric. Res. 12(01): 1021-1028

Article Link (Online Journal): https://doi.org/10.18801/jbar.120117.124

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Achievement/Findings:

Mixed cropping of mungbean and jute seed crop can be practiced successfully with higher productivity and better economic returns as compared to the sole cropping of jute. Although sole mungbean are beneficial but by mixed cropping both jute seed and mungbean can be obtained in the same time from the same piece of land. These findings, however, need to be further studied and evaluated in different agro-climatic regions before final recommendation as a technology to be adopted by the farmers.

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