Abstract:
The objectives of this study were to assess the socio-economic characteristics
and the effect of floating gardening on income and livelihood of the farmers.
The study was conducted in Gopalganj and Pirojpur district. Data were
collected from the randomly selected 60 respondents during August to
September, 2019. Descriptive statistics was used for analysis. Total variable
cost of floating bed vegetable production were Tk. 1856, Tk. 1857, Tk. 1876
and Tk. 1922 per bed for tomato, brinjal, chili and red amaranth respectively.
Per bed total cost of producing vegetable per year was found to be Tk. 2651,
Tk. 2638, Tk. 2640 and Tk. 2734 for tomato, brinjal, chili and red amaranth
respectively. Gross margin was found to be Tk. 2734, Tk. 2524, Tk. 2714 and
Tk. 2716 per bed for tomato, brinjal, chili and red amaranth respectively. Net
return was estimated as Tk. 1939, Tk. 1743, Tk. 1950 and Tk. 1904 per bed for
tomato, brinjal, chili and red amaranth respectively. Floating vegetable
gardening improves the livelihood status of the growers. Lack of capital was
the severe problem followed by lack of awareness of farmers regarding floating
gardening system.
