Farmers' perception about variety development and abiotic stresses on potato cultivation in Bangladesh

The socio-economic information on variety development and abiotic stresses of potato cultivation at farm level are scarce in Bangladesh. Therefore, an attempt was made to assess farmers perceptions about variety development and different abiotic stresses on potato cultivation. Primary data were col...

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Autores principales: Monayem Miah, M.A., Hossain, T.M.B., Hossain, S., Kadian, M.S., Hossain, M.
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Publicado: Bangladesh Academy of Sciences 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57117
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author Monayem Miah, M.A.
Hossain, T.M.B.
Hossain, S.
Kadian, M.S.
Hossain, M.
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Hossain, S.
Hossain, T.M.B.
Kadian, M.S.
Monayem Miah, M.A.
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Hossain, T.M.B.
Hossain, S.
Kadian, M.S.
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description The socio-economic information on variety development and abiotic stresses of potato cultivation at farm level are scarce in Bangladesh. Therefore, an attempt was made to assess farmers perceptions about variety development and different abiotic stresses on potato cultivation. Primary data were collected from 240 potato farmers of Bogra and Chittagong district. The study revealed that Granula, Cardinal, and Lalpakri were the most preferred potato varieties in Bogra, while Diamant and Dohazari were the dominant varieties in Chittagong. Most farmers (70.87%) believe that the current potato yield (21.5-22.67 t/ha) can be further increased through introducing new HYVs. Drought and heat were two important limiting factors towards achieving the higher levels of potato yield. High yielding ability was considered as the most desirable varietal character and this was opined by almost 92.1% respondents, followed by drought resistant (61.13%), proper late blight control (58.75%), availability of adequate fund (57.77%), heat tolerant (53.60%), early maturity (61.5%), and good demand (44.5%) for HYV potatoes, whereas good test (81.7%), higher price (69.6%) and good storability (65.2%) were reported for local varieties. Low yield, susceptible to diseases, late maturity and low demand were the reasons for abandoning some potato varieties in the past. Dohazari variety for Chittagong and Lalpakri for Bogra have higher levels of tolerance against abiotic stresses. Finally, early maturity followed by drought tolerance, heat tolerance, and salinity tolerance were important attributes farmers wanted in new potato varieties. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjar.v38i3.16926 Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 38(3): 401-416, September 2013
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spelling CGSpace571172025-11-06T14:05:57Z Farmers' perception about variety development and abiotic stresses on potato cultivation in Bangladesh Monayem Miah, M.A. Hossain, T.M.B. Hossain, S. Kadian, M.S. Hossain, M. potatoes variety trials abiotic stress farmers small farms The socio-economic information on variety development and abiotic stresses of potato cultivation at farm level are scarce in Bangladesh. Therefore, an attempt was made to assess farmers perceptions about variety development and different abiotic stresses on potato cultivation. Primary data were collected from 240 potato farmers of Bogra and Chittagong district. The study revealed that Granula, Cardinal, and Lalpakri were the most preferred potato varieties in Bogra, while Diamant and Dohazari were the dominant varieties in Chittagong. Most farmers (70.87%) believe that the current potato yield (21.5-22.67 t/ha) can be further increased through introducing new HYVs. Drought and heat were two important limiting factors towards achieving the higher levels of potato yield. High yielding ability was considered as the most desirable varietal character and this was opined by almost 92.1% respondents, followed by drought resistant (61.13%), proper late blight control (58.75%), availability of adequate fund (57.77%), heat tolerant (53.60%), early maturity (61.5%), and good demand (44.5%) for HYV potatoes, whereas good test (81.7%), higher price (69.6%) and good storability (65.2%) were reported for local varieties. Low yield, susceptible to diseases, late maturity and low demand were the reasons for abandoning some potato varieties in the past. Dohazari variety for Chittagong and Lalpakri for Bogra have higher levels of tolerance against abiotic stresses. Finally, early maturity followed by drought tolerance, heat tolerance, and salinity tolerance were important attributes farmers wanted in new potato varieties. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjar.v38i3.16926 Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 38(3): 401-416, September 2013 2013 2015-03-11T12:08:44Z 2015-03-11T12:08:44Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57117 en Open Access application/pdf Bangladesh Academy of Sciences Monayem Miah, M.A.; Hossain, T.M.B.; Hossain, S.; Kadian, M.S.; Hossain, M. 2013. Farmers' perception about variety development and abiotic stresses on potato cultivation in Bangladesh. Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Research. 38(3):401-416.
spellingShingle potatoes
variety trials
abiotic stress
farmers
small farms
Monayem Miah, M.A.
Hossain, T.M.B.
Hossain, S.
Kadian, M.S.
Hossain, M.
Farmers' perception about variety development and abiotic stresses on potato cultivation in Bangladesh
title Farmers' perception about variety development and abiotic stresses on potato cultivation in Bangladesh
title_full Farmers' perception about variety development and abiotic stresses on potato cultivation in Bangladesh
title_fullStr Farmers' perception about variety development and abiotic stresses on potato cultivation in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed Farmers' perception about variety development and abiotic stresses on potato cultivation in Bangladesh
title_short Farmers' perception about variety development and abiotic stresses on potato cultivation in Bangladesh
title_sort farmers perception about variety development and abiotic stresses on potato cultivation in bangladesh
topic potatoes
variety trials
abiotic stress
farmers
small farms
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57117
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