A STUDY ON TRADITIONAL WHEAT STORAGE FACILITIES IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS UNDER BHOLA DISTRICT

M K Hasan, T Islam and K K Saha
Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University, Volume 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 299-305

Abstract:

The study was conducted at two flood prone upazillas under Bhola district. Farmers were selected from five villages and they were classified as small, medium and large based on their own land. Generally the farmers used traditional storage structures such as dole, motka/jala, steel drum, gunny and plastic bags. The status of average production, consumption, sale, farm use, labor payment, storage volume, cost, durability and losses of different storage structures for wheat and seeds were reviewed and identified. Steel drum, motka/jala, gunny and plastic bags were found more economical for the farmers considering the capital cost, expected life and storage loss. It was found that about 71% farmers were affected by the flood and average 12% stored grains were damaged by the flood in 2009. Around 61% farmers expressed their interest on co-operative storage system at the time of flood to store food grains with pay. The place and type of storage structures were identified based on the opinion of farmers. From the study it is suggested that, to construct storage structures at a safe and easily accessible place, the type of structures should be pucca one and should be elevated from the ground level.

Keywords:

Wheat storage, storage facilities, storage loss and flood prone areas


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M K Hasan, T Islam and K K Saha. 2014. A STUDY ON TRADITIONAL WHEAT STORAGE FACILITIES IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS UNDER BHOLA DISTRICT, Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University 1(2): 299-305.