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Socio-economic Performance of BARI Pulse Technology on Experimental Plots Versus Farmers’ Plots

A.K.M.Habibul Haque
Senior Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur

Mr. M. Rezaul Karim
Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The improved lentil (masur) covered about 37 percent of the farmers’ total owned land where the local variety occupied only 20 percent. Farmers used higher seed rate in local variety than variety than improved variety but per hectare yield of on-station plots was higher than the demonstration plots. Due to poor management practices in demonstration plots in farmers’ fields, the yields were lower for all varieties. So, there is scope for further improvement of yield increase in on farm trials. In farmers’ fields, farmers did not apply recommended dose of urea, TSP and potash and they added extra amount of gypsum and manure. These type of practices were done by the farmers in all cases of improved and local varieties. But returns to gypsum were found higher (Tk 703) for local than improved (Tk 703) varieties. In case of returns to manure, the higher returns (Tk 65) were obtained by improved variety than local (Tk 5) variety. Again, the farmers did not apply insecticides along with other fertilizers to their crops.

Keywords: Socio-economic, performance, BARI pulse technology, Experimental plots , Farmers’ plots

Location: Jessore district

Start Date: 06-08-2000

End Date: 08-07-2001

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Performance

Objectives:

i. To identify the improved technology of lentil

ii. To determine the adoption status of improved technology of lentil

iii. To find the profitability of lentil production

iv. To assess the efficiency of individual inputs with respect to improved technology

Methodology:

The study was conducted in six locations namely Chalkidanga, Sholokhada, Jhapa, Komalpur of Monirampure thana and Goalkhali, Chandra of Shalika thana under greater Jessore district which is the highest area of Bangladesh. Pulse Research Center has started research in this area since 1993. About 30 percent of the samples were drown during the period of March, 2001. A total of 60 masur farmers were randomly selected among which 30 from non-adopted and 30 from BARI Masur adopter farmers. Due to scarcity of adopter farmers, the information from adopter farmers were collected from five locations. Data were collected by interviewing the growers through predesigned and pretested interview schedules. Plots were visited physically for collecting more reliable information. To avoid influence of research peoples the data from on-farm trials of said crop were collected from different location namely Narial under the same district. The data were processed and analyzed according to the objectives set for the study.

Source of Information: Annual Research Report 2001, Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur

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Achievement/Findings:

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute has released 4 different lentil modern variety namely BARI musur-1, BARI musur-2, BARImusur-3, BARImusur-4 respectively. Farmers adopted about 37 per cent area of own land by modern variety where the local variety is 20 percent. Among the adopters farmers, about 60 per cent farmers adopted BARI musur-3 followed by BARI musur-4 (26%), BARI musur-2(10%) and BARI musur-1 (4%) respectively.Due to poor management practices in demonstration plots in farmers’ fields, the yields were lower for all varieties. So, there is scope for further improvement of yield increase in on farm trials. In farmers’ fields, farmers did not apply recommended dose of urea, TSP and potash and they added extra amount of gypsum and manure. These types of practices were done by the farmers in all cases of improved and local varieties. But returns to gypsum were found higher (Tk 703) for local than improved (Tk 703) varieties. In case of returns to manure, the higher returns (Tk 65) were obtained by improved variety than local (Tk 5) variety. Again, the farmers did not apply insecticides along with other fertilizers to their crops.

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