Introducing New Cropping Pattern to Increase Cropping Intensity in Hill Tract Area in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh’s hill regions, where there is less cultivable land, increasing crop output requires efficient land use. Thus, in this challenging farming setting, two crop-based patterns evolved into three or four crop-based patterns. To increase cropping intensity and farmer income by incorporating...

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Published in:Sustainability 2023-07, Vol.15 (14), p.11471
Main Authors: Gupta, Rigyan, Sarkar, Mohammad Joyel, Islam, Md. Shafiqul, Uddin, Md. Romij, Riza, Israt Jahan, Monira, Sirajam, Zaman, Farhana, Hasan, Ahmed Khairul, Islam, A. K. M. Mominul, Hashem, Abeer, Avila-Quezada, Graciela Dolores, Parray, Javid A, Abd_Allah, Elsayed Fathi, Sarker, Uttam Kumer
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural production
Beans
Corn
Crops
Farmers
Food
Irrigation
Legumes
Rice
Seasons
Soil fertility
Sustainability
Tobacco
Wheat
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Summary:In Bangladesh’s hill regions, where there is less cultivable land, increasing crop output requires efficient land use. Thus, in this challenging farming setting, two crop-based patterns evolved into three or four crop-based patterns. To increase cropping intensity and farmer income by incorporating mustard and mungbean in a rice-based cropping pattern, a field experiment was carried out at Sadar and Panchari Upazila, Khagrachhari during 2017–2018 and 2018–2019. Two years’ mean data (using a block farming approach) showed that the modified pattern had produced a much higher yield through improved management practices. In the improved cropping pattern (Transplant aman (T. aman)–mustard–mungbean–aus rice), a higher rice equivalent yield (16.25 t ha−1) was found due to the inclusion of mustard and mungbean in the existing rice-based cropping patterns T. aman–fallow–boro (9.87 t ha−1) and T. aman–fallow–tomato (9.09 t ha−1). The gross margin from the improved cropping pattern was 448,715 BDT, which was 44.26% higher than the mean gross margin (311,050 BDT) of the two existing cropping patterns. Farmers are interested in growing mustard and mungbean since both can easily cultivated in hilly areas and can yield great economic returns quickly. For the large-scale production of oil and pulse, the T. aman–mustard–mungbean–aus rice cropping pattern might be introduced in the Khagrachhari district of Bangladesh.
ISSN:2071-1050
2071-1050
DOI:10.3390/su151411471