| dc.description.abstract | The study was carried out to know the present status of charland people in respect to
agroforestry practice of Kaunia and Gangachara upazila under Rangpur district. An
extensive field survey and field visit were undertaken during November 2018 to March
2019 in four unions of the study area. The independent variables of the study were age,
education, household size, farm size, homestead area, annual income, communication
exposure, source of income and dependent variables were number of different trees and
vegetable grown in homestead area, knowledge on agroforestry, impacts on livelihood of
homestead agroforestry and problems of homestead agroforestry. The overall results of
the study revealed that the maximum number of respondents (45%) belonged below 36
years whereas minimum number of respondents (26%) were old aged (Above 50). The
educational status was found maximum (41%) as can sign name only and minimum (7%)
was found as above secondary level. Among the occupational status, most of the
respondents would like to do agricultural work (59%) whereas the lowest number of the
respondents was under business category (7%). In case of having Agroforestry related
knowledge, maximum (52%) respondent had moderate knowledge and minimum (12%)
had excellent knowledge on agroforestry. In case of tree species in homestead, mango
(Mangifera indica) tree species was in maximum (65%) whereas custard apple (Annona
squamosa) was in minimum (5%). Among the vegetables species, bottle gourd
(Lagenaria scleraria) was the most dominant species (65%) and the recessive was
Brinjal (9%). In case of agroforestry product use, family consumption was found in
maximum (27%) whereas only 7% was observed as distribution to neighbours. The
research results also revealed that the maximum number of respondents (23.5%) didn‟t
get any information from Upazila Agricultural Officer (UAO) about homestead
agroforestry. Only 3.5% of the respondents got information from UAO about homestead
agroforestry. But a significant number of respondents (9.5%) told that they didn‟t get any
agroforestry related information from NGO staffs. Some of the problems about
agroforestry practices in the study area were also identified. Tree grazing of animal was
the most serious problem and lack of irrigation facilities was the second most problem in
the char land area. As a whole, charland agroforestry practices would be a viable activity
for the improvement of better livelihood for the charland people of Kaunia and
Gangachara upazila under Rangpur district. In case of management practices like seed
collection, watering, weed control, manuring and fertilization, pruning and insecticide
spray were done maximum by farmers and minimum were done by children. | en_US |
