Exploring Farmers’ Insight on Cropping Pattern for Sustainable Crop Production in Char Area of Bangladesh

Uttam Kumer Sarker,Md Alamgir Hossain,Md Romij Uddin,Mohamed M Hassan,Md Salahuddin Kaysar,Sabry Hassan

doi:10.3390/su14031745

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https://doi.org/10.3390/su14031745

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Abstract

Bangladesh is principally an agricultural country, where most people depend primarily upon their own farm production for endurance. In the char area, agriculture is multifaceted and labor-intensive, with a non-developed market, few technologies, and insufficient resources. Moreover, agroecological situations are multifarious for crop production. A study was performed in the chars of Rangpur, Gaibandha, Kurigram, and Lalmonirhat districts of Bangladesh to determine the existing situation of cropping patterns, farmers’ problems with crop cultivation, and probable solutions to minimize risk in crop production. Farmers, local leaders, and dealers, as well as both government and non-government personnel, were occupied in the study to congregate information on different aspects of crop production. The study indicated that the most dominant cropping pattern was T. Aman-Maize-Jute. Flood is the major climatic risk alleged by char dwellers. Additionally, char respondents are vulnerable, with more landless farmers, and dominated by crop cultivation compared to other professional work. In response to the accessible crop production risks, the char peoples are suggested to utilize some adjustment strategies in agriculture, such as implementing new or alternative cropping practices, rapid disease and pest management techniques, and cultivating short-duration varieties. The other outcomes of the study were designed to implement program planning and livelihood development of char people through attaining food security.

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Bangladesh is the biggest delta in the world, as it is within overflow plains of three large rivers
The areas of char lands in studied regions were predicted with the information existing at the administrative units level and confirmed with the report prepared by the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), the largest community institute functioning for disseminating agricultural technology at the farmers’ level, and presented at Table 1
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Introduction

Bangladesh is the biggest delta in the world, as it is within overflow plains of three large rivers. The major portion of the country is surrounded by the rivers Padma, Brahmaputra-Jamuna, and Meghna [1]. The hydro-morphological system of Bangladesh is contributed by these rivers dumping a considerable amount of silt into the Bay of Bengal. The chars, which may be distinct as the lands expanded due to the accumulation of regularly. Himalayan sediments on the riverbed, are the consequence of the hydro-morphological dynamics of these rivers. The provisional sandbars that emerged in the Bengal Delta, which are >100 m across with approximately ten years, are known as char [2]. The overall land area was improved in Bangladesh by 4% from 1948 to 2006, typically due to the retrieval of char lands [3].

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