Status, challenges, and opportunities of mixed farming system in Bangladesh
About 85% of Bangladesh's land is plain land where the mixed farming system (MFS) is practiced in which crops and livestock, as major enterprises are integrated. The objectives of this study were to characterize Bangladesh's MFSs and identify their potential and problems at two representative locati...
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International Rice Research Institute
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| author | Nasim, Muhammad Ahmed, S. Chowdhury, Dipok Bhandari, Humnath |
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| description | About 85% of Bangladesh's land is plain land where the mixed farming system (MFS) is practiced in which crops and livestock, as major enterprises are integrated. The objectives of this study were to characterize Bangladesh's MFSs and identify their potential and problems at two representative locations in the country's north and south. Focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and field visits were used in the study. The results showed that the current MFSs were characterized by a mixture of subsistence and commercial farming and intensive and small-scale land ownership. Eighty-five percent of the land was used by crops and the remaining 15 percent was used for homestead production, which includes stables, poultry sheds and livestock raising areas, and vegetable and fruit trees. Small and marginal farmers made up most land-holding categories and with them, a significant number of landless farmers were noticed. MFS had several challenges, most of which can be overcome, and it also had further potential. The challenges included a lack of farmers’ understanding of MFS production processes, interaction, byproduct usage farmers’ skills, and so on. Farmers had limited ability to use technology. So, the conduction of location-specific on-farm technology generation and verification research and technology transfer assistance is important. Training support, technology demonstration, assistance from service providers, and on-farm farming system research are needed to obtain positive impacts. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1381582024-11-07T09:48:33Z Status, challenges, and opportunities of mixed farming system in Bangladesh Nasim, Muhammad Ahmed, S. Chowdhury, Dipok Bhandari, Humnath sustainable agriculture intensification farming systems land management About 85% of Bangladesh's land is plain land where the mixed farming system (MFS) is practiced in which crops and livestock, as major enterprises are integrated. The objectives of this study were to characterize Bangladesh's MFSs and identify their potential and problems at two representative locations in the country's north and south. Focus group discussions, key informant interviews, and field visits were used in the study. The results showed that the current MFSs were characterized by a mixture of subsistence and commercial farming and intensive and small-scale land ownership. Eighty-five percent of the land was used by crops and the remaining 15 percent was used for homestead production, which includes stables, poultry sheds and livestock raising areas, and vegetable and fruit trees. Small and marginal farmers made up most land-holding categories and with them, a significant number of landless farmers were noticed. MFS had several challenges, most of which can be overcome, and it also had further potential. The challenges included a lack of farmers’ understanding of MFS production processes, interaction, byproduct usage farmers’ skills, and so on. Farmers had limited ability to use technology. So, the conduction of location-specific on-farm technology generation and verification research and technology transfer assistance is important. Training support, technology demonstration, assistance from service providers, and on-farm farming system research are needed to obtain positive impacts. 2023-12 2024-01-19T16:10:59Z 2024-01-19T16:10:59Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138158 en Open Access application/pdf International Rice Research Institute Nasim, M., Ahmed, S., Chowdhury, D. and Bhandari, H. 2023. Status, Challenges and Opportunities of Mixed Farming System in Bangladesh. Los Baños, Philippines: IRRI. |
| spellingShingle | sustainable agriculture intensification farming systems land management Nasim, Muhammad Ahmed, S. Chowdhury, Dipok Bhandari, Humnath Status, challenges, and opportunities of mixed farming system in Bangladesh |
| title | Status, challenges, and opportunities of mixed farming system in Bangladesh |
| title_full | Status, challenges, and opportunities of mixed farming system in Bangladesh |
| title_fullStr | Status, challenges, and opportunities of mixed farming system in Bangladesh |
| title_full_unstemmed | Status, challenges, and opportunities of mixed farming system in Bangladesh |
| title_short | Status, challenges, and opportunities of mixed farming system in Bangladesh |
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| topic | sustainable agriculture intensification farming systems land management |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/138158 |
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