http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/2190 Sat, 18 Apr 2026 21:01:36 GMT 2026-04-18T21:01:36Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/2207 IMPACT OF HOMESTEAD FARMING ON THE LIVELIHOOD AND FARM ECONOMY IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF NARSINDI AND GAZIPUR DISTRICTS Jabber, M. A.; Miah, M. G.; Mortuza, M. G. G.; Hossain, F. M.; Ahmed, M. The study was conducted at Shibpur Upazila in Narsingdi district and Gazipur Sadar Upazila in Gazipur district during the period of January to June 2007. The study was designed to asses the impact and present status of the technologies implemented during December 1997 to June 2004 under Agricultural Diversification and Intensification Project (ADIP). A sample of 100 beneficiaries was interviewed using a pre-tested interview schedule to collect the necessary information keeping the objectives of the study in mind. TIle beneficiaries were selected through random sampling method from 4 unions. Majority of the respondents (70%) were in the middle aged (36-50 years) group, while 60% of the respondents were in the primary level education, having average farm size of 0.221 ha. Seventy percent of the respondents got different types of training. of which 43% participated homestead vegetable cultivation training. Among the implemented technologies through ADJP, most of the beneficiaries were benefited and adopted it for a continued use. The technologies backed up by ADJP were found desirable as perceived from the opinions of the concerned farmers. Most of the technologies like introduction of new varieties, seedling raising, sustained significantly. The impact of ADIP was judged through the life style of the respondents. Most of those criteria were correlated with the individual characteristics of the respondents. Education. farm size. cosmopoliteness, training received had significant relationship with the impact like change in income. food consumption. health and sanitation. The average annual income of respondents increased from Tk 42,000.00 to Tk 71,000.00 while food consumption enhanced from 1700 Kcal to 2050 KcaJ. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/2207 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/2206 PERFORMANCE OF PINEAPPLE IN TERMS OF YIELD AND QUALITY GROWN UNDER MULTI STORIED AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS Hossain, F. M.; Shapla, T. L.; Mortuza, M. M.; Mondal, S.; Shahazdat, M. K. An experiment was conducted at the experimental farm of Bangladesh Agricultural University. Mymensingh during the period from May 2002 to August 2003 with the objecti ve to study the fruit quality and yield of pineapple (var. Giant Kew) grown under different fruit tree based multistoried agroforestry production systems. Pineapple was grown under the shade of four fruit trees and one shrub viz. sissoo, mango, coconut, guava and lemon in different combinations. The treatments were T, = sissoo + guava + pineapple, T, = sissoo + lemon + pineapple, T, = mango + guava + pineapple, T. = coconut + guava + pineapple T, = coconut + lemon + pineapple and T" = control having pineapple only. Due to variation of shade created by trees different treatments showed significant differences in yield contributing features and quality of pineapple fruit. The yield of fruits showed considerable variations such as T, treatment showed highest fruit yield (27.08 tha') followed by T, (26.67 tha'), T, (26.35 tha') T. (25.52 tha') and T, (25.21 tha') and the lowest was in T" (23.44 tha'). The fruit set (82.33%), individual fruit weight (0.65 kg), fruit length (12.25 em), pulp of fruit (0.46 kg), pulp-peel ratio (2.35) and yield of fruit (27.08 t/ha) had been found to be the highest in the treatment T" where light intensity was 22.99% under partial shade condition. The p'' and titratable acidity of juice were the highest (5.16) in sunny treatment of T(, while the lowest value was obtained in the most shady treatment of T". Total sugar contents of pineapple (27.17%) including reducing sugar (6.69%) and non-reducing sugar (5.48%) was the highest in moderately shady treatment (T4), where the light intensity was 16.3%. Similarly, total soluble solid content of pineapple was the highest (21.23%) in moderately shady treatment (T4) and the lowest (18.86%) in the slightly shady treatment of T,. Therefore, for desirable quality and high yield, pineapple can be grown successfully in suitable agroforestry model. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/2206 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/2205 DISEASES OF JAMUN (Syzygium cuminii) SEEDLING IN THE NURSERIES OF BANGLADESH AND THEIR ECO-FRIENDL Y MANAGEMENT Chowdhury, M. S. M.; Hossain, I. The existing health situation of seedlings of jamun (Syrygium cuminii) and management strategies of nursery diseases of seedlings of jamun species in the country is in a stage to be upgraded for successful fruit and timber production to meet the national demand. Plant propagation and nursery management - a vital link in the production of quality planting material (QPM). Experiments were carried out during 2005- 08 to study the status of diseases on seedlings of jamun and development of an environment friendly disease management practice. Important plant pathogens viz. Gloeosporium psidi, Pestalotia psidi and Cephaleuros virescens were detected and identified. Comparative effectiveness of BAU-biofungicide either alone or in combination with two fungicides - Cupravit and Bavistin were evaluated on jamun in the nursery. Among the treatments applied, Trichoderma harzianum based BAU-Biofungicide showed excellent result in controlling leaf spot disease on jamun. BAU-Biofungicide, as an alternate to chemicals can successfully be used. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/2205 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/2204 GENETIC VARIABILITY, CORRELATION AND PATH COEFFICIENT ANALYSIS IN NINETEEN Brassica rapa GERMPLASM Rashid, M. H.; Parveen, S.; Bhuiyan, M. S. R. Nineteen genotypes of Brassica rapa were evaluated in order to find OUI genetic variability. correlation and path coefficient analysis of yield and yield contributing traits. All the genotypes showed highly significant variation for all the characters studied. High heritability together with high to moderate genetic advance in percentage of mean was observed for plant height, number of primary branches/plant. number of secondary branches/plant. number of siliquae/plant, 1000 seed weight and yield/plant. Correlation and path coefficient analysis suggested that during selection more emphasis should be given on plant height. number of primary branches/plant, number of seeds/siliqua, number of siliquaiplant and 1000 seed weight. Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/2204 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z