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

Rigyan Gupta, Mohammad Joyel Sarkar, Md. Shafiqul Islam (), Md. Romij Uddin, Israt Jahan Riza, Sirajam Monira, Farhana Zaman, Ahmed Khairul Hasan, A. K. M. Mominul Islam, Abeer Hashem, Graciela Dolores Avila-Quezada, Javid A. Parray, Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah and Uttam Kumer Sarker ()
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Rigyan Gupta: Plant Breeding Division, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Mohammad Joyel Sarkar: Horticulture Division, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Md. Shafiqul Islam: Department of Agronomy, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Md. Romij Uddin: Department of Agronomy, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Israt Jahan Riza: Department of Agronomy, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Sirajam Monira: Department of Agronomy, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Farhana Zaman: Department of Agronomy, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Ahmed Khairul Hasan: Department of Agronomy, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
A. K. M. Mominul Islam: Department of Agronomy, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh
Abeer Hashem: Botany and Microbiology Department, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Graciela Dolores Avila-Quezada: Facultad de Ciencias Agrotecnológicas, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua 31350, Mexico
Javid A. Parray: Department of Higher Education, Govt. Degree College, Eidgah, Srinagar 190017, India
Elsayed Fathi Abd_Allah: Plant Production Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2460, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia
Uttam Kumer Sarker: Department of Agronomy, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 14, 1-12

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: cropping intensity; productivity; income; hill tract; Khagrachhari (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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