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Present Scenario and Problem Confrontation of Tomato (solanum Lycopersicum L.) Growers in Khulna District

Md. Raianul Haque
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh

Joyanti Ray*
Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh

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

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The objectives of this study were to analyze the present scenario of tomato production and to explore the relationship between personal characteristics of the respondents and the problems confronted by them. Data were collected from randomly selected 50 respondents of five villages viz. Raingamari, Sachibunia and Dorgatola of Bathiaghata upazila and Mirzapur and Baratia of Dumuria upazila of Khulna district through personal interview method using an interview schedule during 11 March to 23 April, 2018. Problems confronted by the farmers were the dependent variable and the seven selected characteristics of the respondents considered as the independent variables. Most of the farmers (80%) possessed medium high land but majority of them (68%) bought small and marginal amount of land under vegetable and tomato cultivation respectively. The farmers cultivate Surakkha (80%) varieties followed by Guli (21%) and Paltola (18%). Fruit borer (62%) and wilting (70%) was the most prevalent insect and disease of tomato respectively. About half of the respondents (48%) fell into high problem confrontation category as compared to that of medium (32%) and low (20%) category. High cost of materials (86.67%) was the most reported severe problem while unavailability of labors (22.67%) was the least severe problem. Among the seven selected characteristics of the respondents, annual family income and area of land under tomato cultivation showed a negative significant relationship with their problem confrontation.

Keywords: Tomato, Cultivation, Problem confrontation, Khulna

Location: Raingamari, Sachibunia and Dorgatola of Bathiaghata upazila and Mirzapur and Baratia of Dumuria upazila of Khulna district

Start Date: 11-03-2018

End Date: 23-04-2018

Program Area: Crop-Soil-Water Management

Commodity: Tomato

Objectives:

The increasing homestead area and dikes of shrimp farms can be brought under vegetable cultivation. Along with salinity, numerous problems also hinder the cultivation of tomatoes in this region. Thus the present study was undertaken with a view to i. analyze the socio-economic profile of the respondents ii. study the present scenario of tomato production iii. identify the problems confronted by the farmers and iv. explore the relationships between the selected characteristics of the respondents and their problem confrontation.

Methodology:

The study was conducted at five selected villages namely Raingamari, Sachibunia, Dorgatola in Bathiaghata upazila and Mirzapur, Baratia in Dumuria upazila of Khulna district during 11 March to 23 April, 2018. A number of 50 tomato growers were selected and treated as sample of the study. The interview schedule was prepared for data collection in Bangla. The interview schedule contained both simple and direct form of questions to collect data on the selected variables. The researcher met the selected respondents and explained the purpose of the study and requested them to co-operate for collecting data with the help of the interview schedule. After completion of survey all the interview schedules were compiled for data processing. At first all the qualitative data were converted into quantitative form by means of suitable code and score whenever necessary. In several instances, indices and scales were constructed through the simple accumulation of scores assigned to individual or pattern of attributes. Indices and scales are considered efficient instrument for data reduction and analysis. Seven selected characteristics related to the respondents were treated as the independent variable for this study. The selected characteristics were age, occupation, annual family income, family size, farm size, land area under vegetable cultivation and land area under tomato cultivation. Present scenario of tomato production was determined based on some parameters viz. - land area under vegetable cultivation, land area under tomato cultivation, cultivated tomato varieties, the incidence of insects and infestation of diseases. For determining problem confrontation (the dependent variable), 4- point rating scale such as highly severe, moderately severe, negligible and not at all was employed against each of the problems and a score of 3, 2, 1 and 0 was assigned against the rating scale respectively. Each of the respondents was asked to rate the extent of problem confrontation against each of the 10 problems. Thus, the problem confrontation score of a respondent could range from ‘0’ to ‘30’ where ‘0’ indicates no problem confrontation and ‘30’ indicates high problem confrontation. To compare among the statements related to problems about tomato cultivation, PCI (Problem Confrontation Index) was calculated. For better understanding of the problems, the PCI score was converted into a percentage. Problem Confrontation Index (PCI) was calculated by using the following formula:

PCI= N₁×3+N₂×2+N₃×1+N₄×0

Where, N₁= No. of respondents rated the problems as highly severe

N₂= No. of respondents rated the problems as moderate service

N₃= No. of respondents rated the problems as negligible

N₄= No. of respondents rated the problems as not at all

Source of Information: South Asian J. Agric. Vol. 7, No. 1&2, 2016-’19 : 51-55

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Achievement/Findings:

Most of the farmers (80%) possessed medium-high land but the majority (68%) of them bought small and marginal amounts of land under vegetable and tomato cultivation respectively. The farmers mostly cultivate Surakkha varieties (80%) followed by Guli (21%) and Paltola (18%). Fruit borer (62%) and wilting (70%) was the most prevalent insect and disease of tomato. About half of the respondents (48%) fell into the high problem confrontation category as compared to the medium (32%) and low (20%) problem confrontation categories. The high cost of materials was the most severe problem (86.67%) while the least severe problem (22.67%) was the unavailability of laborers. Among seven selected characteristics of the respondents, annual family income and land area under tomato cultivation showed a negative significant relationship with their problem confrontation.

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