Abstract
Vermicompost is very useful manure which is becoming popular day by day. However, its perception by the farmers is not yet assessed in the southwestern region of Bangladesh. The main objectives of this study were to determine the farmers’ perception of beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost and to explore the relationship between selected characteristics of the farmers’ and their perception of beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost. Data were collected using an interview schedule from randomly selected 60 respondents. Locale was three villages namely Lokhpur, Bollokhpur and Vobna under Fakirhat upazila of Bagerhat district. Faceto- face interview was conducted during 7 to 29 May, 2016. Farmers’ perception regarding the beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost was measured using 5- point Likert type scale. Data were analyzed using SPSS software and farmers’ perception index was calculated. Majority (66.7 percent) of the respondents had moderate perception while 18.3 percent and 15 percent of them had less and high perception, respectively, on the beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost. Among seven selected characteristics of the respondents, age showed a significant negative relationship with their perception of beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost while training experience of the respondents showed a significant positive relationship with their overall perception. Thus, arrangement of training could pave the way of high perception of beneficial effects and limitations of vermicompost.Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.5(1): 19-25, April 2018
Highlights
Vermicompost is the product of the composting process using various species of earthworms
On the basis of our extension visit experience, we found that the farmers’ of rural area of Bangladesh are eager to use vermicompost
Lokhpur union of Fakirhat upazila is a known place for the researchers where around 300 farmers, as per information received from the Upazila Agriculture Office, were involved in using and/or producing vermicompost who had been considered as the population of the research
Summary
Vermicompost is the product of the composting process using various species of earthworms. White worms, and other earthworms are used to create vermicompost. It is a heterogeneous mixture of decomposing vegetable or food waste, bedding materials and vermicast, called worm castings, worm humus or worm manure. It is the end-product of the breakdown of organic matter by an earthworm (Allen, 2016). These castings have been shown to contain reduced levels of contaminants and a higher saturation of nutrients than do organic materials before vermicomposting. The process of producing vermicompost is called vermicomposting (Ndegwa et al, 1998; Ndegwa and Thompson, 2001)
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