IMPACT OF FARMING SYSTEM RESEARCH ON FARMERS’ INCOME AND LIVELIHOOD AT DEKAR HAOR OF SUNAMGANJ

S M S Hossain, J U Ahmed, M A Kashem and K Fatema
Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University, Volume 4, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 297-308

Abstract:

The study was conducted to evaluate the impact of farming system research on farmers’ income and livelihood status in Dekar haor of Sunamganj district. A total of 120 farmers (i.e., 60 project and 60 non-project) were selected as the sample of the study. Data were collected through direct interviewing and were analyzed with a combination of descriptive and econometric analyses. The average farm size was about 2.44 acre and 2.00 acre for project farmers and non-project farmers in the study areas, respectively. The average annual income was Tk. 51530 and Tk. 39936 for the project and non-project farmers, respectively. Based on paired t test, the average annual income of project farmer was increased by Tk. 48570 to Tk. 51530 per year which is statistically significant at 5% level. On the other hand, the income of non-project farmer was decreased. The access on natural capital, financial capital, human capital, social capital and physical capital for project farmers was increased by 25.53%, 43.33%, 68.87%, 52.5% and 33.35%, respectively due to the involvement with this farming system research which is not satisfactory in case of non-project farmers. Institutional credit is not available to the farmers of the study area due to complex process. Different commercial bank should make the credit system to the farmers of haor area. If these problems could be solved within a reasonable time, farmers could earn more monetary income which might help them to change their livelihood status ultimately.

Keywords:

Farming system research, income, livelihood, haor


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S M S Hossain, J U Ahmed, M A Kashem and K Fatema. 2017. IMPACT OF FARMING SYSTEM RESEARCH ON FARMERS’ INCOME AND LIVELIHOOD AT DEKAR HAOR OF SUNAMGANJ, Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University 4(2): 297-308.