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Use of Fertilizer and Pesticide for Crop Production in Agrarian Area in Bangladesh

Trina Chakrabarty
Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh

Shamima Akter
Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh

A.S.M Saifullah*
Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh

Md. Shemul Sheikh
Department of Environmental Science and Resource Management, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh

Arjun C. Bhowmick
Department of Chemistry, Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University, Tangail-1902, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

This study was carried out to investigate the mode of fertilizer and pesticide use and their impact on soil fertility and surrounding environment. It is revealed that paddy is the mostly produced crop in this area and fertilizers and pesticides were intensively used for boosting up the production of crops. Among all the fertilizers Urea is the mostly used fertilizer followed by Urea , MP, DAP/TSP and also organic fertilizer (although in less amount). Among the pesticides used in study area to kill pest, Furadan and Diazinon were most demanded. Farmers of this area used either greater amount or less amount of fertilizer than the standard amount provided by government. Most of the farmers and agrochemical dealers were not aware about the impact of fertilizer and pesticide on crop production and environment as well. This outcome draws base line situation which can be useful towards further relevant research as well as to develop policy in agrochemicals use in agriculture.

Keywords: Fertilizer, Pesticide, Production, Dealers, Farmer

Location: Tangail District, Bangladesh

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Program Area: Crop-Soil-Water Management

Commodity: Fertilizer, Pesticide

Objectives:

This study was conducted to provide a detailed analysis of using pattern of fertilizers and pesticides in an agrarian area naming Shakrail and to examine how these have affected crop diversity, productivity, food availability and the environment, so this study can be helpful for agricultural growth to improve resource economy, productivity and efficiency in farming in Bangladesh. This research helps to know either the farmers are benefitted or affected by using chemical fertilizer and pesticide. We also able to investigate the knowledge among the farmers’ about the effects of such agrochemical use on the environment, in particular, soil fertility

Methodology:

2.1. Study Area Sakrail is a village under the word number 5 and mouza 196 [5] near Tangail Pouroshova of Tangail district and the total area of this village is 437.78 acre. The land use pattern is dominated by residential establishments and agricultural activities. Danya bound it at north and west, Santosh at south, Dighulia at east and Enayetpur at north east. Shakrail has population of 2944. Male constitutes 1502 and female constitutes 1442 with 642 households. It has an average literacy rate of 39.75%, where male constitutes 46.18% and female constitutes 33.12%.

2.2. Data Collection For the purpose of this study both primary and secondary data were collected and analyzed accordingly. In this research, methods as well as interview with local people, and questionnaire survey both open ended and close ended were applied for primary data collection. Questionnaire survey was conducted on three groups of respondents. They were: a) Farmers (80), who were most directly related to the study; b) Agrochemical dealer (5) and c) Agricultural officer as key informants. Before questionnaire survey a draft of questionnaire was prepared and was tested in the field. Secondary data were collected from different sources such as research paper, journal, internet and book. Map of study area was collected as secondary data from Tangail pourashava. Then both the primary and secondary collected data were analyzed by MS Excel and SPSS 14 version program software. The findings of the study were prepared to present as percentages, charts, tabular form along with relevant discussion.

Source of Information: Environment and Ecology Research 2(6): 253-261, 2014 http://www.hrpub.org

Article Link (Online Journal): DOI: 10.13189/eer.2014.020605

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Achievement/Findings:

From the case study on Shakrail demonstrates that the area is entirely dependent on agricultural activities and paddy is the main agricultural crop in this area. The farmers were found fully dependent on pesticide and fertilizer for boosting up production. But it is unfortunate that most of the farmers did not have proper knowledge about the utilization of fertilizer and pesticide in proper amount, particularly in case of fertilizer either they use greater amount or less amount then the government recommended standard. More than half of the farmers did not have knowledge about the negative impact of over sue of fertilizer, although most of them were conscious about the negative impact of pesticides. Half of the farmers wanted to use bio-fertilizer. But only a few farmers were interested to use bio-pesticides, even many of these farmers did not have idea about bio-pesticides. The agrochemical dealers who supply agrochemical (fertilizer and pesticide) to farmers were not also aware about the proper amount of use of agrochemical and their impacts.

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