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Present Satatus of Jamun (syzygium Cuminii) Cultivation in Selected Upazila of Khulna District

M.M. Islam
Students of Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna

M.A. Mannan*
Professors of Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna

M.B. Ahmed
Professors of Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna

S. Mohibullah
Students of Agrotechnology Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The study was conducted to determine the status of Jamun cultivation and problems confronted by the growers in Khulna district of Bangladesh during January to July 2009. The study was carried out at Dumuria Upazila of Khulna district. Data were collected from 103 respondents through an interview schedule. Most of the respondents (88.3%) has small amount of land suitable for fruit cultivation in homestead area. The respondents cultivated two types of jamun. They are large jamun (Syzygium cuminii) and small Jamun (Eugenia jambolana). The large Jamun (65.04%) was the most dominant types of Jamun followed by small types (62.13%). Majority of the respondents were (58.3%) able to harvest high yield from Jamun plant. Most of the respondents (57.3%) did not sell Jamun. Though most of the respondents (82.6%) invested low to medium amount of money for Jamun cultivation but majority (51.5%) of them were able to earn low amount of income from Jamun cultivation. The highest portion (47.6%) of the respondents had medium knowledge on Jamun cultivation. Only 21.36% of the respondents used cow dung, FYM and compost in their farm. Training and irrigation were some of the important intercultural operations practiced by only 27.18% and 22.33% respondents, respectively. Fruit rot disease (Glomerella cingulata) was the most prevalent disease while caterpillar (Carea subtilis) was the major insect pest in Jamun. Most of the farmers were facing some problems such as lack of storage facility, processing facility, lack of good quality seedlings, high price of seedlings, disturbance of thieves, high disease/insect infestation. Majority of the respondents (54.4%) confronted medium problem.

Keywords: Jamun, Cultivation, Problems confrontation, Khulna.

Location: Khulna district of Bangladesh

Start Date: 00-01-2009

End Date: 00-07-2009

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Fruit

Objectives:

The present study was conducted to get information on the situation of jamun cultivation in the Khulna region to determine present status of jamun cultivation in the study area and to find out the problems faced by the farmers in jamun cultivation with probable solution.

Methodology:

The study was conducted during January to July 2009 to investigate the situation of Jamun cultivation in some selected areas namely the Union of Dumuria, Kharnia and Atlia at Dumuria Upazila under Khulna district of Bangladesh. The study was confined to the farmers who cultivated jamun in their homestead or not. The researcher when went to collect data asked the farmers whether there is any Jamun tree in his homestead. If the answer was yes, the individual was selected as sample of the study. In this way, 103 respondents were selected by the accidental sampling method. An interview schedule was prepared for data collection in Bangla keeping the objectives of the study in view. The interview schedule contained both simple and direct form of questions to collect data on the selected variables. The personal and socio-economic variables of the respondents were included in the are age, occupation, education, family size, involvement duration of agriculture, involvement duration of Jamun cultivation, annual income, farm size, extension media contact, organizational participation and cosmopoliteness. To determine the present status of Jamun cultivation data were collected on land suitable for fruit cultivation, land under fruit cultivation and land under Jamun cultivation in homestead area, type of Jamun fruit, knowledge of farmers in Jamun cultivation, diseases and insect incidence, manures and fertilizer application, problems of jamun cultivation and their nature. However, data were also collected on number of Jamun plants, intercultural operations and problem confrontation in Jamun cultivation to determine the status of Jamun cultivation. The data obtained from interview schedule was coded and tabulated in a data sheet. All personal traits were categorized and arranged in simple tables for descriptions. Then the frequency and percentage of the respondents in different categories were calculated.

Source of Information: South Asian J. Agric. 2009.4 (1&2): 110-114 ISSN 1991-0037

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Achievement/Findings:

The highest portion (47.6%) of the respondents had medium knowledge of Jamun cultivation. Only 21.36% of the respondents used cow dung, FYM and compost on their farm. Training and irrigation were some of the important intercultural operations practiced by only 27.18% and 22.33% respondents, respectively. Fruit rot disease (Glomerella cingulata) was the most prevalent disease while caterpillar (Carea subtilis) was the major insect pest in Jamun. Most of the farmers were facing some problems such as lack of storage facility, processing facility, lack of good quality seedlings, the high price of seedlings, disturbance of thieves, high disease/insect infestation. The majority of the respondents (54.4%) confronted the medium problem

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