Abstract:
ABSTRACT
Latkan based agroforestry system is profitable and has a great opportunity to increase
national production to feed the growing population. A survey was carried out at
Narsingdi District to identify the Latkan based agroforestry systems, access the
contribution of Latkan based agroforestry system of the farmers in the study area and
identify the problems and constrains phase in practicing the system. To achieve the
objectives, a simple random sampling technique was adopted to collect the necessary
information from 80 respondents through a structured questionnaire during January to
September 2020. SPSS 16.0 Computer package program was used to analyze the data.
Based on crop condition with Latkan trees, a total of 10 Latkan based agroforestry
systems were identified. Most of the farmers (46.25%) used coriander as associated
crop with Latkan and minority (11.25%) farmers used other crops. Most (66.25%) of
them used jackfruit as associated tree and minority (2.5%) used other trees. Most of
them (50%) said that the maximum fruit production age of the tree was 15-20 years
old and minority (15%) said 10-15 years. Some problems were identified in respect of
Latkan based agroforestry systems. About 13.75%% respondents faced problems for
marketing of Latkan because the price was low in the local market. The discounted
benefit cost ratio (1.90), and the internal rate of return (52.9%) clearly indicated that
Latkan based agroforestry system was productive and economical. There is a scope of
adopting improved management practices and it may increase the total production.
Description:
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 (MS)
IN
AGROFORESTRY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
SEMESTER: JULY-DECEMBER, 2020
