Author (s): N.D. Kundu, M.H. Rashid, M.K. Ali and M.A. Islam
Abstract
Assessment of profitability, farmers’ attitude and biophysical constraint to pulse growing in three southern districts -Madaripur, Barisal and Jhalakati was made through an extensive field survey during 2011-2012. The study revealed that the farmers of these areas used very low doses of fertilizers in almost all types of pulse crops which result in the yield levels below that of the national ones. It was observed that lentil, mungbean, chickpea, grasspea and blackgram had respectively the yield ha-1 of 592, 335, 612, 680, and 969 kg; the gross returns of 33176, 21775, 33995, 14119, and 55718 Tk. ha-1; the benefit cost ratio on full cost basis of 0.85, 0.53, 0.78, 0.39 & 1.77; and the benefit cost ratio on variable cost basis of 1.57, 1.00, 1.37, 0.77 and 3.51. Insect, disease and weed infestation, early tidal surge (specially in Barisal and Jhalakati districts), lack of knowledge about cultivation, scarcity of quality seeds, damage by wild or domestic animals were found to be the major constraints to pulse crop production in the study areas.
Keywords:
Socio-economic condition, Bio-physical constraints and Pulse crops production.
J. Expt. Biosci. 4(1):1-8, January 2013
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