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Assessment of Farmers’ Perceptions on Potato Varieties and Their Abiotic Stresses in Selected Areas of Bangladesh

M. A. Monayem Miah
Senior Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI Joydebpur, Gazipur-1701.

Sahadat Hossain
Chief Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics section,HRC, BARI Joydebpur, Gazipur-1701.

T. M. B. Hossain
Senior Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI Joydebpur, Gazipur-1701.

M. S. Rahman
Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI Joydebpur, Gazipur-1701.

M. M. Hassan
Tuber Crops Research Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur.

M. Hossain
Tuber Crops Research Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur.

B. C. Kundu
Tuber Crops Research Centre, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur.

M. S. Kadia
International Potato Centre (CIP), Liaison Office, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, India.

N. Sharma
International Potato Centre (CIP), Liaison Office, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, India.

S. Araya
International Potato Centre (CIP), Liaison Office, Pusa Campus, New Delhi, India.

Z. Ibragimov
International Potato Centre (CIP), Liaison Office, 6 Osiyo street, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The study assessed farmers’ perceptions on variety development and abiotic stresses regarding potato in Bangladesh. The study revealed that the highly used potato varieties were Granula, Cardinal and Lalpakri in Bogra, whereas Diamant and Dohazari were in Chittagong areas. The potato yields were ranged from 21.50 to 22.67 t/ha for HYV and 15.31 to 16.74 t/ha for local variety. Most farmers (68.8%) believes that the current potato yield can be further increased through introducing new high yielding varieties followed by drought resistant varieties (64.2%), training on potato cultivation (59.6%), availability of adequate fund (57.9%), and proper late blight control (57.5%). The most desirable varietal characters were opined to be high yield (92.1%), early maturity (61.5%) and good demand (44.5%) for HYV potatoes, whereas good test (81.7%), higher price (69.6%) and good storability (65.2%) were reported for local variety. Low yield, susceptible to diseases, late maturity and low demand were the reasons for abandoning some potato varieties in the past. Drought and heat were two important limiting factors towards achieving the higher levels of potato yield. Dohazari variety for Chittagong and Lalpakri for Bogra has higher levels of tolerance against abiotic stresses.

Keywords: Abiotic stresses, Yield, Farmer perceptions, Potato variety

Location: Bogra and Chittagong

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Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Potato

Objectives:

(i). To know the present status of using potato varieties and their farm level yields

(ii). To assess farmers’ perceptions on variety development and abiotic stresses about potato.

Methodology:

The study was conducted in two purposively selected potato growing districts namely Bogra and Chittagong. Bogra district represents the drought prawn areas, whereas Chittagong district represent the heat and saline areas of Bangladesh. Again, four Upazilas from Bogra district and two Upazilas from Chittagong district were also purposively selected consulting with both local extension personnel and potato scientists. For resource constraint, only two Upazilas from Chittagong district were selected. Finally, a total of 240 potato farmers taking 40 farmers from each Upazila were randomly chosen irrespective of farm category for interview. A pre-tested interview schedule was used to collect primary data and information from potato farmers during October, 2010. Relevant information of the studied Upazilas were obtained from local DAE offices. A team of experienced scientists and trained enumerators collected primary data and information using personal interview technique. The collected data were edited and analyzed based on various categories of potato farmers i.e. marginal (cultivated area 0.50-1.49 acre), small (cultivated area 2.5-2.49 acre), medium (cultivated area 2.5-7.49 acre) and large (cultivated area >7.5 acre). In most cases, simple statistical procedures and methods were used to fulfill the objectives of the study. Indices were also calculated for some important attributes for easy understanding.

Source of Information: Annual Research Report, Agricultural Economics Division, BARI

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Achievement/Findings:

In Bogra, the highly adopted varieties were Granula, Cardinal, Diamant, Ruma and Lalpakri, whereas Diamant and Dohazari varieties were found in Chittagong areas. In the case of HYV, the highest percentage of farmers in all categories (59.6%) cultivated Granula variety followed by Cardinal and Diamant. On the other side, nearly 40% farmers used Lalpakri and 33.3% farmers used Dohazari as indigenous potato varieties. In 2009-2010, the average per hectare yield was estimated at 22.67 for Granula, 21.50 for Diamant, and 22.57 for Cardinal. On the other hand, the average per hectare yield of local variety was 16.74 for Ruma, 15.312 for Pakri, and 16.27 for Dohazari. It was observed that the average yields of HYV and local variety potatoes in 2008-2009 were much lower compared to the yields observed in 2009-2010. The main reason behind this lower yield was opined to be bad weather especially the occurrence of drought. However, the average national yield was 13.06 tons per hectare during 2008-2009 (BBS, 2009). The highest proportion of farmers (68.8%) believes that the current potato yield can be further increased through introducing new high yielding potato varieties. Other closely perceived factors by the farmers were drought resistant potato varieties (64.2%) followed by training on potato cultivation (59.6%), availability of adequate fund (57.9%), proper late blight control (57.5%), and adequate quantity and timely availability of fertilizers (51.3%). In the case of HYV potato, the highest desirable varietal character was high yield (92.1%) followed by early maturity (61.5%), good demand/price (44.5%) and desirable tuber size (34.8%). On the other hand, good test (81.7%), higher price (69.6%), good storability (65.2%) and good colour (30.5%) were important desirable characters of the local variety.

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