Farm Machinery Used and Problems Associated with Rice Cultivation as Well as Farmers Expectation in Two Villages of Comilla District in Bangladesh
- Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Engineering, EXIM Bank Agricultural University Bangladesh, Chapainawabgonj-6300, Bangladesh.
- Senior Scientific Officer, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Gazipur-1701, Bangladesh.
- Librarian, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Gazipur-1701, Banglaesh.
- Scientific Officer, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Joydebpur, Gazipur-1701, Banglaesh.
- Lecturer, Statistics Discipline, Khulna University, Khulna-9208, Bangladesh.
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The study was undertaken to find out the real situation of modern rice cultivation in Bangladesh and to observe the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of the village and level of adoption of modern rice cultivation practices. Data were collected by sample survey method from individual farmers of two selected villages (Raichow and Hatibanda) of comilla sadar Dakkhin upazila during May 2012. From field survey, it was found 65 and 2.5 % of the farmers were categorized as small farmers and large farmers, respectively. High yielding varieties were cultivated 75% which contribute about 87% of total rice production of the country. About 77.5 and 6% tillage operation were done by power tiller and tractors in the villages, respectively. Farmer’s paid on an average 5270 and Tk.4800 per hectare for land preparation and irrigation purpose, respectively. Most of the farmers preserved and used their own seed without any germination test before sowing seed. They transplanted 35-40 days (5-6 seedlings/hill) and 30-35 days (2-3 seedlings/hill) old seedlings for inbred in both Boro & T. Aman season. Farmers applied fertilizers, pesticide, herbicide and weedicide according to their own experience. About 72.5and 15% farmers controlled their weed by hand weeding method and weedicide application, respectively. During the survey, it was observed that more than 90% of the villagers were agreed that mechanization makes the rice farming easier, it saves time, reduces labor cost, human drudgery, cost of production, increases cropping intensity, overall rice production and finally made rice farming become more profitable. Farmers’ got 1.7t/ha more yield and saved production cost 4260 Tk/ha by using machinery over traditional rice cultivation method. Lack of disease resistant varieties, lack of good quality seed, inadequate knowledge about machinery and modern cultivation technologies and higher input cost (Irrigation, labor, fertilizer, pesticide) were the main problems to adopt the modern rice cultivation practices.
[Abu Sayed, MA Hossain, MR Talukder, Mahedi Hasan, and Mohammad Ali, Mosharaf Hossain (2015); Farm Machinery Used and Problems Associated with Rice Cultivation as Well as Farmers Expectation in Two Villages of Comilla District in Bangladesh Int. J. of Adv. Res. 3 (Aug). 112-121] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
