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Status of Climate-smart Agricultural Practices at Jaintapur Upazila of Sylhet District

R Afrin
Climate-Smart Agriculture Lab, Department of Agroforestry and Environmental Science, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100, Bangladesh

M SA Talucder*
Climate-Smart Agriculture Lab, Department of Agroforestry and Environmental Science, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100, Bangladesh

G Paul
Climate-Smart Agriculture Lab, Department of Agroforestry and Environmental Science, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100, Bangladesh

M S Uddin
Department of Agroforestry and Environmental Science, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet-3100, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) challenges to create zero hunger world through sustainably increasing agricultural productivity and income, reducing greenhouse gas emission, and building resilience to climate change. This paper documents the existing CSA practices adopted by farmers in Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet district. Data were collected through personal interview as well as focus group discussion from 102 randomly selected farmers from three unions of Jaintapur upazila during July to December 2017. We identified nineteen CSA practices that were practiced by the farmers in the study area. Those practices were perching, high yielding varieties, adjusting planting time, farm yard manure, green manuring, crop rotation, vermicomposting, cover crop, fallowing, rain water harvesting, AWD, improved livestock breed, community seed bed, USG, IPM, sorjon method, floating bed fodder, zero tillage and raised bed planting which were categorized into six pools. Finally, we proposed a three-tier up-scaling approach for the dissemination of fifteen potential CSA practices as short, medium and long term strategy for the study site which would be also applicable for other areas of Sylhet region.

Keywords: Climate-Smart Agricultural practices, Up-scaling approach, Jointapur.

Location: Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet district

Start Date: 00-07-2017

End Date: 00-12-2017

Program Area: Resource Development and Management

Non-commodity: Adoption and mitigation technology

Objectives:

Bangladesh urgently needs support in developing and expanding a climate-smart agriculture if its people are to survive and prosper in the long term. The objective of this study is to document the dynamics of CSA practices adopted by farmers in Jaintapur upazila of Sylhet district in Bangladesh and to propose a suitable up-scaling framework.

Methodology:

Study site Jaintiapur upazila has 6 unions namely Nijpat, Jaintiapur, Charikata, Darbast, Fatehpur and Chiknagul. Among the six, three unions (Jaintiapur, Fatehpur and Chiknagul) were selected randomly for the study. The study was conducted from July to December 2017. Thirty four (34) farmers were sampled from each union. In total face to face interviews were conducted with 102 farmers using structured questionnaire with both open and closed questions. To assess the current state of the research, a review of the existing journal literature, books, report, blogs and newspaper were carried out. Information was also collected from GO and NGO's by personal communication. Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) were carried out to verify the information and to discuss the important issues.

Source of Information: J. Sylhet Agril. Univ. 4(2):251-260, 2017 ISSN: 2308-1597

Article Link (Online Journal): www.jsau.com.bd

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Achievement/Findings:

We identified nineteen CSA practices that were practiced by the farmers in the study area. Those practices were perching, high yielding varieties, adjusting planting time, farm yard manure, green manuring, crop rotation, vermicomposting, cover crop, fallowing, rain water harvesting, AWD, improved livestock breed, community seed bed, USG, IPM, sorjon method, floating bed fodder, zero tillage and raised bed planting which were categorized into six pools. Finally, we proposed a three-tier up-scaling approach for the dissemination of fifteen potential CSA practices as short, medium and long term strategy for the study site which would be also applicable for other areas of Sylhet region.

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