http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/2805 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 14:29:42 GMT 2026-04-08T14:29:42Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/1801 EVALUATION OF VEGETABLES PRODUCTION ON ROOFTOP GARDEN: A RESEARCH ON URBAN AGRICULTURE KHATUN, MST. LABONY Urban agriculture is the practice of cultivating, processing, and distributing food in or around a village, town, or city. Roof top garden is suitable for vegetables cultivation in our country. Tomato is an important vegetable of robi season and okra and chili are important vegetables of summer season. This experiment was conducted at roof of third floor of Biotechnology Department of Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar, Dhaka during the period from November 2015 to July 2016. The experiment was laid out in Completely Randomized Design (CRD) having single factors with three replications. The treatment of this experiment were T 1= Straw mulch, T 2= ii Wood ash and T 3= Control. The seedlings of BARI tomato-3 and BARI morich – 1, seeds of BARI derosh 1 were collected from Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Joydebpur, Gazipur. Plant height, stem diameter, number of leaves per plant of tomato, okra and chili are superior in mulching than control. The total yield of tomato, okra and chili were also varied significantly due to the application of different mulching. The highest yield of tomato fruit (29.18 t/ha) was obtained from T 2 (wood ash), while T 3 (control) gave the lowest (21.24 t/ha) yield. The highest fruit yield of okra was recorded (13.48 t/ha) of T 2 (wood ash) and the lowest yield of okra was recorded (8.583 t/ha) of T 3 (control) which was statistically similar with T 1 treatment. The maximum fruit yield of chili was recorded (2.8oo t/ha) of T 2 (wood ash) and the minimum yield was (1.900 t/ha) of T 3 (control) treatment. The results clearly showed that the fruit yield per hectare was increased with the using of mulch materials at rooftop garden. It is apparent that growth and yield of tomato, okra and chili may be increased by using wood ash and straw as mulching materials which create favorable climatic condition in soil environment. 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 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/1801 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/1799 MINI POND AS A CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION TECHNOLOGY FOR DROUGHT PRONE AREA PORSHA UPAZILA OF NAOGOAN DISTRICT IN BANGLADESH RAHMAN, OBAYDUR )rought acts as a stimulating factor for diflërent pertinent hazards resulting low average agricultural production in North-west part of langladesh compare to other areas. So, the study was conducted at Porsha upazila under Naogoan district situated on the north-west part of Bangladesh to know the drought condition and impact of mini pond as a climate change adaptation technology in drought prone area. A total of 50 respondents were selected considering 8% error by using Solvin equation. In order to collect relevant information from the respondents, interview schedule was used. Technologies to support climate change adaptation were scored against nine criteria according to the evaluating model given by Asian Development Bank, 2014. Results revealed that most of the respondents (55%) were small farmers and 25% marginal farm category. In the study area, 62% respondents have less than 0.6 acre of homestead land and 76% was below 0.005 acre of pond, but majority of the respondents (55%) taken Borga (lease) land. Most of the respondents (46%) belonged to the income of 1k. 5001 to Tk. 10000 per month. All of the respondents (100%) cited that drought is the most terrific type of hazad and 80% were in favour of the statement of drought persist in April to May. Regarding the impact of drought on agriculture. 30% respondents refered that some crops damaged and 36% stated that their cropping intensity is dramatically reduced due to drought- 54% expressed the major crops that affected by drought and 80% believed that the cropping pattern Wheat-Fallow-T.Aman was highly aflbcted by drought. Majority of the farmers (64%) had an idea on Minipond as a climate change adaptation tachnology for supplimentary irrigation. All the socio demographic characteristics of the respondent showed significant and positive relationships with their income except forest land. The study also revealed that the duration of drought has increased than that of past and some other hazards are posing new threat by changing their nature. The criteria, relative cost, co-benefits. feasibility of implementation were shown more desirable but effcctivness, co-costs and barriers were intermediate. Thus the establishment of mini ponds on their own or on sharecropped fields is a good option for small and marginal farmers with no or limited access to other ponds to harvest rainwater and provide supplementary (emergency) irrigation to their rice fields, in case urgently needed. 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 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/1799 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/1798 A STUDY OF NATIONAL TREE FAIR: ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL IMPLICATION HOSSAIN, MD. MONIAR The present study was conducted in national tree fair/2016, Agargoan, Dhaka during 1 st August, 2016 to 3 rd September, 2016 to document the socioeconomic characteristics of nursery owners presented in national tree fair, to determine the species composition and cost effectiveness of plant/ tree species as well as to find out problems faced by nursery owners and suggest policy guidelines to overcome. A total of 45 nurseries owners among them five from government nurseries and forty from private/ NGO nurseries were selected for the study. The study revealed that 24.44% had higher secondary level of education and 57.78% respondents were young group that’s express remarkable young entrepreneurship in nursery business. Majority of the respondents (57.78%)) had medium family size (5-6) with an average family size of 5.82. Nursery was the primary occupation for more than half of the respondents (55.56%). This business has vast potentials of generating employment and income of the owners. The net return for fruits, flower, ornamental, timber, medicinal & exotic species were TK 78,82,818.00, TK 72,02,639.00, TK 2,11,63,124.00, TK 32,66,102.00, TK 33,68,310.00 & TK 2,35,670.00 respectively. Total sale vales of national tree fair/2016 was TK 4,31,18,663.00 whereas 18% of total sale comes from fruit species, 17% from flower species, 49% from ornamental species, 8% from timber species, 8% from medicinal species and 1% from exotic species. Benefit cost ratio was calculated at 2.98 of the nursery owners in national tree fair/2016 that is higher than 1. Transportation problems and excess TAX was the crucial problems of national tree fair. There was a huge attention of visitors in national tree fair in interior decoration (73.08%) and roof top gardening (57.95 %). 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 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/1798 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/1797 EFFECT OF SALINITY ON SOIL PROPERTIES OF COASTAL AREAS IN BANGLADESH RAJA, MD. MASUM A field study was conducted to determine the impacts of salinity on soil properties at Babuganj, Bakerganj, Gournadi and Kalapara upazila during the period of July to September 2016. Soil sampling was done by random sampling method at 0-50cm and 50100cm depth. Salinity has a detrimental effect on soil physical and chemical properties. The dominant soil textural classes in the saline areas are silty clay. The soils pH of the surface horizon is slightly lower than those of the subsoil and sub stratums. Cation Exchange Capacity (CEC) of all these soils varies from 12.83 to 20.92meq/100 g soil. Electrical conductivity (EC) of all these soil varies from 1.23 dS/m to 6.6 dS/m at Babuganj, Bakergnaj and Gournadi and moderately saline at Kalapara. The organic matter content is medium to high (0.62 to 1.6)% at Kalapara and Bakerganj, pretty low (0.39 to 1.03)% at Babuganj and Gournadi. Nutrient deficiencies for total nitrogen were quite dominant in the study area. Exchangeable sodium, potassium, calcium and magnesium were in high level. The dominant water soluble anions were Cl . The amount of accumulated salt was found higher at the surface and decreases with depth. 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 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/1797 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z