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Table 4.1.21 Activities done by the farmers for rice grain/seed production in the study areasResponse of the farmers (%)Activity related to seed production Rajshahi Rangpur JessoreAverage(all sites)Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Noi) Rice seed collection from general grown crop 95 5 93 7 96 4 95 5ii) Special land preparation for seed production 0 100 2 98 1 99 1 99iii) Special weeding for seed production 2 97 4 96 3 97 3 97iv) Special irrigation for seed production 6 94 3 97 4 96 4 96v) Special fertilizer management for seed crop 5 95 4 96 4 96 4 96vi) Maintain of isolation distance 2 98 1 99 0 100 1 99vii) Practice of rouging 3 97 2 98 1 99 2 98viii) Harvesting separately for seed production 4 96 3 97 3 97 3 974.1.23 Post harvest activities practiced for rice grain/seed productionThe post harvest activities play a significant role in maintaining the seed quality of rice crop. Thesample farmers responded that most of them did not take any special attention regarding the qualitycontrol of rice seed that were saved from general grown rice crop or that had to be preserved for thenext rice season. Among the respondents, 61% farmers asserted that they reduced the seed moisture upto the satisfactory level but 92-93% farmers did not store the seed neither in airtight containers nor usedto dry the seed intermittently as a means of quality control measure (Table 4.1.22).Table 4.1.22 Post harvest activities practiced for rice grain/seed production in the study areasResponse of the farmers (%)Post harvest activityRajshahi Rangpur JessoreAverage(all sites)Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Noi) Threshing separately 6 94 8 92 5 95 6 94ii) Drying & winnowing separately 2 98 3 97 3 97 3 97iii) Special cleaning for seed 4 96 5 95 7 93 5 95iv) Special grading for seed 5 95 9 91 92 8 35 65v) Proper moisture control for seed 62 38 55 45 66 34 61 39vi) Storage of seed in airtight containers 6 94 7 93 9 91 7 93vii) Intermittent drying of stored seed 8 92 6 94 10 90 8 924.1.24 Threshing method followed by the rice farmersIt is astonishing to observe that most of the surveyed farmers used machine (76%) to thresh theharvested paddy and the practice of manual threshing by beating is decreasing (Table 4.1.23). The latercoverage was only 24%. Therefore, it can be assumed that the farmers in the study areas were moreconscious about the using of modern machinery in rice threshing.Table 4.1.23 Threshing method followed by the farmers in the study areasFarmers’categoryThreshing method used by farmers (%)Rajshahi Rangpur Jessore Average (all sites)Machine Manual Machine Manual Machine Manual Machine ManualLarge 88 12 87 13 82 18 86 14Medium 79 21 80 20 86 14 82 18Small 60 40 67 33 54 46 60 40Average 75 25 78 22 74 26 76 2434
4.1.25 Drying method used by the rice farmersOn average, 82% of the farmers used to dry rice grain/seed on soil (Katcha) floor in all the study areas(Table 4.1.24). The lower percentage of sample farmers used other methods for their seed drying likeChatal, Polythene sheet and Trepal which are 3, 7 and 9%, respectively. Among the farmers’ categories, thepercentage of small farmers, those who dried rice seed on Katcha floor, is the maximum (93%) followed bymedium farmers (80%). On the other hand, the user of Chatal, Polythene sheet and Trepal occupied thehighest value (14% farmers) by the large farmers followed by medium farmers (10% farmers). The reasonsbehind this situation were the high price of these materials, which were hardly affordable in consideration ofthe farmers’ socio-economic condition.Table 4.1.24 Drying method used by the farmers in the study areasFarmers’category%farmers dry rice grain/seedRajshahi Rangpur Jessore Average (all sites)C P S T C P S T C P S T C P S TLarge 10 5 69 16 5 11 67 17 3 5 84 8 6 7 73 14Medium 4 3 81 12 2 15 71 11 1 6 87 6 2 8 80 10Small 0 3 96 1 0 7 88 5 0 4 95 1 0 5 93 2Average 5 4 82 10 2 11 75 11 1 5 89 5 3 7 82 9Note: C- Chatal, P- Polythene sheet, S-Soil, T-Trepal4.1.26 Seeds of rice varieties stored by the farmersThe sample who stored different varieties of rice seed for using in the next cropping season are listed inTable 4.1.25. Among the Boro rice varieties, BRRI dhan28 was the most popular one in all cases andtherefore, the seed of this variety was kept almost by all the farmers. In Jessore, the farmers preservedthe seeds of Miniket (Indian variety) because; it was another popular variety among the local farmersdue to its high quality grain and high market price. In case of T.aman rice, seeds of Swarna (Indianvariety) and BR11 were kept in all the study areas while in Jessore, a small portion of rice seed of othervarieties namely BR10, BRRI dhan30, BRRI dhan31, BRRI dhan32 and Ranjit were also kept forsowing in the next cropping season.Table 4.1.25 Seeds of rice varieties stored by the farmers in the study areasFarmers’Name of the rice varietiescategoryRajshahi Rangpur JessoreBoro BRRI dhan28, BRRI dhan29 BRRI dhan28, BRRIdhan29Miniket (Indian), GS1, BRRI dhan28T.aman Swarna (Indian), BR 11 Swarna, BR 11 BR 10, BRRIdhan30, 31, 32,Swarna, RanjitT.aus Nayanmoni, Parija - -4.1.27 Rice seed storage by the farmersThe average amount of stored seed of Boro and T.aman rice was 89 and 81kg/farm family, respectively(Table 4.1.26). The large farmers stored comparatively higher amount of rice seed (123 and 117 kgBoro and T.aman rice seed/farm family) compared to medium and small categories of farmers. The35
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Table 4.3.4 Time line of maize cult
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Legend:RajshahiKishoregonjExperienc
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4.3.9 Major cropping patterns pract
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yield and production cost and marke
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medium farmers in Rajshahi and 85%
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significantly affected the maize pr
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Harvesting and post harvest managem
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In the present study it is observed
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4.3.25 Maize seed demand and propor
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4.4.5 Seed purchase and sale price
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variety `Swarna’ has leaked throu
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6. POLICY IMPLICATIONS AND RECOMMEN
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Table 6.1 Proposed training program
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSAll praises are due
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20. Dadalani, M., M.S. Islam, I. Ah
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ANNEXESDinajpur•Birol•Bochagonj
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Annex 7. Percent of rice farmers us
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Annex 12. Boro rice grain productio
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