http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/2806 2026-04-08T14:38:26Z 2026-04-08T14:38:26Z AKTER, NASRIN http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/1818 2019-10-17T11:08:26Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

AGAR TREE CULTIVATION AND ITS ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE: A CASE STUDY OF MOULVIBAZAR DISTRICT AKTER, NASRIN Agar tree (Aquilaria malacensis) is the resinous, fragrant and highly valuable heartwood under Thymelaceae family.The study was conducted at Baralekha upazila in Moulvibazar district during the month of February-December, 2016 to determine the existing cultivation practices, plantation profitability and, problems of Agar tree. Forty agar cultivators were selected randomly for agar processors and agar tree chips/oil traders from three villages of Barlekha in Moulvibazar were randomly selected for the above purposes. Data were collected through direct interview of individual respondents. SPSS Computer package program 16.0 was used to analyze the data. The number of trees in homestead of the farmers ranged from 0 to 500 with an average 68. About 30% of the respondent farmers sold total Agar garden and 70% did not. The farmers who does not sell garden directly, among them 21.43% is involved in raw wooding, 64.29% is involved in processing atar and 14.29% is involved in both raw and processed. Two marketing channels are prevalent in the study area. About 64% of the farmers sell agar trees before artificial wounding, by agreement between the agar farmers and the agar-based enterprise owners. About 36% of the farmers sell agar trees after artificial wounding. Agar tree dust was mainly used as a by-product for the raw materials of agar production. The profitability of Agar production (raw) revealed that the discounted benefit cost ratio (6.55), and the internal rate of return (30%). So Agar tree production was found to be the most desirable and highly profitable. A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGROFORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

2016-01-01T00:00:00Z HOSSAIN, MD. MOAZZEM http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/1817 2019-10-17T11:08:37Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

PROSPECTS OF NURSERY BUSINESS IN DHAKA SOUTH CITY CORPORATION (DSCC) HOSSAIN, MD. MOAZZEM The study was conducted in some selected plant nurseries in Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) to assess the socio-economic characteristics, plants species composition, profitability analysis, problems faced by the nursery owners and prospects in their business. 32 nurseries were selected as the random basis from five zones of DSCC. Most of the nursery owners (78%) were found to operate their nursery business in the road side without any legal approval. A total of 184 plant species of different families were identified from the study area. Among them there was identified 41 species of fruits, 44 species of flower, 66 species of ornamental, 9 species of timber, 10 species of medicinal and 14 species of spices & vegetable plants. Ornamental plants species were the most preferred species or demandable species in DSCC. The nursery owners of DSCC were involved with plants production, distribution (sale), landscaping and gardening, roof top gardening, rental services, sale of nursery equipment like- spray machine, secateurs, irrigation instruments, fertilizer & hormone, garden soil, shade net, seedling tray, seeds, books etc. In this analysis it was observed that the demand for ornamental plants has relatively high than compared to any other species present in the studied area in terms of both sale volume (36%) as well as number of plants (47.22%). Ranking of species according to sale volume it was found that in case of fruits, flower, ornamental, timber, medicinal and vegetable plants found that Piyara, Bougainvillea, Aricha palm, Lambu, Neem and Chili respectively. The sampled nurseries owners yearly averagely sold of 21,25,822 seedlings which average sale value were TK. 20,68,90,016.00. Moreover, the average cost of production of a sapling is amounted Tk. 37.93 per unit and the average selling price is Tk. 120.30 per unit. Benefit cost ratio was calculated as 2.98 of the nursery business in DSCC that is higher than 1. Thus, the present finding revealed that nursery business is a profitable business in the studied area. Permanent nursery market was the main constraint for the nursery owners of DSCC. A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGROFORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

2016-01-01T00:00:00Z MANNAN, MD. ABDUL http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/1815 2019-10-17T11:08:13Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

EVALUATION OF DIFFERENT MODELS FOR VEGETABLES PRODUCTION ON ROOFTOP GARDEN MANNAN, MD. ABDUL Roof top garden is a practice for cultivation of crops on roof top on a building either in peri-urban or urban areas. The experiment was conducted at roof top of Mushroom laboratory, Horticulture Research Centre (HRC), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur during July 2016 to June 2017. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) having single factors with three replications. Nine treatment of this experiment were T ii 1 = Plastic box 1, T = Plastic box 2, T 3 = Plastic box 3, T 4 = Plastic box 4, T 5 = Plastic box 5, T 6 2 = Plastic box 6, T = Plastic box 7, T 8 = Half drum, T = Sac/ Multilayer box and three roof top garden models viz., Model 1, Model 2, Model 3 included in the study. Each model consists of 22 type vegetables. Considering the 3 models, there were a narrow difference in term of vegetable yield and prices. In terms of vegetables yield during one year from a 100 sqft area, Model 2 produced the maximum yield (76 kg) followed by Model 1 (68.5 kg), while lowest by Model 3 (66.5 kg). The yield variation was very narrow due to maximum vegetables were same in among 3 model, while only 2-3 vegetables were differed. In terms of vegetable price, Model 2 obtained the maximum (2374 tk) followed by Model 1 (2278 tk), while minimum was from Model 3 (2116 tk).The main cause behind it was the number of vegetables was same (22) in all models. Just rearrangement the vegetables within the treatments and type of production system viz., single cropping, inter cropping and relay cropping. So, on a roof garden from a 100 sqft area, anybody can follow any model preferably Model 2 and Model 1, which vegetable price (2374 tk, 2278 tk, respectively) and yield (76 kg, 68.5 kg, respectively) were higher. This study was just 1-year result, so after another year trial it may be concluded which model is best in terms of yield and price. A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGROFORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

2016-01-01T00:00:00Z BARI, MD. EHTASHAM http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/1814 2019-10-17T11:08:02Z 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

A COMPARATIVE STUDY ON PLANT SPECIES AND ECONOMICS OF NURSERY BUSINESS IN DHAKA CITY-A CASE STUDY BARI, MD. EHTASHAM The study was conducted in four areas of DCC (Agargaon area; Dhaka University, High court and Doyel Chattar area; Gulshan and Baridhara area; and Airport road and Uttara area;) from January 2017 to March 2017. A total of 225 nurseries were identified in the studied area of which 40 nurseries were selected, which representing four areas of DCC. This study aimed to assess the socio-economic characteristics, plants species composition, nursery economics and main problems faced by the nursery owners in nursery business. On an average, a total of 325 species were identified in the nurseries of studied area of DCC. Among them 308 was found in the Agargaon study area, 300 in the Dhaka University, High court and DoyelChattar study area, 278 in the Gulshan and Baridhara study area and 294 in the Airport road and Uttara study area. The highest profit % in ornamental plant 411.13 in the Agargaon study area, 417.28 in the Dhaka University, High court and Doyel Chattar study area, 413.02 in the Gulshan and Baridhara study area and 407.50in the Airport road and Uttara study area of Dhaka City Corporation. Benefit cost ratio was calculated as 3.026 in the Agargaon study area, 3.329 in the Dhaka University, High court and Doyel Chattar study area, 3.480 in the Gulshan and Baridhara study area and 3.208 in the Airport road and Uttara study area of Dhaka City Corporation. Thus, the present finding revealed that nursery business is a profitable enterprise in the studied area and among them Gulshan and Baridhara area was more profitable. A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGROFORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

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