Adaptive Crop Agriculture Including Innovative Farming Practices in ...

Pest and disease infestation
Due to proper care (weeding, irrigation, drainage etc.), there was no pest infestation. However, each of the plots was infested with Leaf blight
disease during vegetative stage. As the infestation was of minimum level, crop production was not much affected.
Irrigation facilities
Nutrient status in post harvest soil and Irrigation facilities
Plot
Soil test result
No OM (%) Total N (%) P (micro gm/gm soil) K (milli-equivalent/100gm soil) S (microgm/gm soil) P H
1 1.85 0.09 13.96 0.28 100.20 5.0 Medium
2 1.50 0.10 14.70 0.29 99.55 5.1 Medium
3 1.53 0.11 17.04 0.27 98.77 5.0 Medium
Cost- Benefit analysis
The research revealed that Onion would be a profitable crop in this area. The experimental cultivation was conducted in small scale. Large scale
cultivation would reduce the production cost, increasing the net profit.
Plot No Total cost (Tk/ha) Total production (ton/ha) Market price of crops (Tk/kg) Total income (Tk/ha) Net profit (Tk/ha)
1 121,771 10.12 50.00 506,350 384,579
2 118,066 9.63 50.00 481,650 363,584
3 121,771 10.00 50.00 500,175 378,404
1.6 Mustard
Description of plot
Low kandas of Sunapur village under Jamalganj union are usually kept fallow. The village is located near the river Surma. Deposition of silt
from the river each year makes the land fertile. These kinds of lands are suitable for mustard cultivation. Three plots (each of 5 decimals) were
cultivated with the BARI 11 variety of Mustard: one medium farmer (Plot 1) and two marginal farmers (Plot 2 and 3).
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