Abstract
Agriculture is one of the important issues of Bangladesh where a larger share of the people related to it for their livelihood, food and socio-economics. Farmers in Bangladesh mostly depend on chemical fertilizer within the auspicious of conventional agriculture for higher production without or little application of organic or compost fertilizers. Such a fertilizer management practice in agriculture not only causes massive deterioration of soil fertility but the farmers are also being hampered economically for higher price of chemical fertilizers. This experiment was conducted to focus mainly on the fertilizer usage and agricultural practices of the local farmers in Salua Area of Chougachha Upazila, Jessore district, Bangladesh. This study identified the reasons of using chemical fertilizers or causes for not using environmental friendly and beneficial compost in soils. This survey was conducted to know the insights of fertilizer usage pattern, and to identify causes why people are so much dependent on chemical fertilizer although it is expensive and sometimes harmful for soil, water and environment. The result of the present study showed that lack of knowledge, availability and lack of getting opportunity towards organic based fertilizers are the key reasons of not using compost fertilizer during cultivation of crops by the farmers.
Highlights
Bangladesh is mainly an agriculture based country in terms of food security and economy where 76% of the total population lives in rural area and 90% of them are directly related with agriculture and 50% of the labor force engaged with agricultural activities (GoB, 2009)
Agricultural sector is being considered as the backbone of Bangladeshi economy, and it is continuing to be the dominant driving force for the growth and development of its national economy
Secondary data has been collected from various sources such as Central library of JUST, Soil Resource Development Institute (SRDI), Ministry of Agriculture (MoA), DAE and Bangladesh Fertilizer Association (BFA) and various internet sources
Summary
Bangladesh is mainly an agriculture based country in terms of food security and economy where 76% of the total population lives in rural area and 90% of them are directly related with agriculture and 50% of the labor force engaged with agricultural activities (GoB, 2009). Agricultural sector is being considered as the backbone of Bangladeshi economy, and it is continuing to be the dominant driving force for the growth and development of its national economy. Sufficient food for increasing population in Bangladesh requires sustainable growth of agricultural sector. The key purpose of Bangladeshi agriculture is to provide sufficient food for ever increasing population (Basak, undated). The soil fertility is declining due to over exploitation of soil resources during cultivation, soil fertility condition of a country influences agricultural productivity and food security and livelihoods (Anon, 2002).
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