STUDY ON PRESENT STATUS, PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF ROOFTOP GARDENS IN SOME SELECTED AREA OF DHAKA CITY

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to describe the selected characteristics of the rooftop gardeners; to determine the extent of problem faced by them in rooftop gardening and to explore the general, environmental prospects and ecosystem service of the rooftop gardening. The study was conducted with randomly selected 100 rooftop gardeners in under Dhaka City. A pre-tested interview schedule was used to collect data from the respondents during 20 January to 20 February, 2022. The result showed that about 58% old aged (above 50 years) involved in rooftop gardening. Average value of production cost of Vegetables, Fruits Flowers & Other ornamental Plants was 12020 tk. and market value was estimated 17670 Tk. The benefit cost ratio was 1.47 Tk. That means Per 1 Tk, Invested the return will be 1.47 Tk. That was increasing return to scale. According to Problem Faced Index (PFI), The extremely severe economic problems was high initial cost(Score 2.00 out of 3.00) , physical problem was lack of availability of quality container(score 2.25), technical problem was irregular monitoring(score 1.86). The strongly agreed general prospect was willingness to participate in training (score 2.81), environmental prospects was environmental temperature mitigation (score 3.00) and cooling environment (score 3.00), ecosystem service prospect was regulating service (carbon sequestration, water regulation) score 3.00 out of 3.00.