Survey on Common Practices of Vegetables Cultivation in Floating Bed at Barishal District, Bangladesh
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Cultivation practices, Vegetable, Floating bed, BarishalAbstract
Floating bed vegetable cultivation is now extended to wetland areas and long term water logging areas from southern parts of Bangladesh. Vegetables and other horticultural crops are now being cultivated in this method and getting popularity day by day. This method of cultivation is now providing numerous socio-economic, ecological and agricultural benefits towards climate change to local people. To face the circumstances from changed climate system effective adaptation actions and knowledge transfer is needed. This survey was conducted to find out socio-economic aspects, floral diversity cultivated, yield performance of cultivated crops, diversification of this technology, and also to find out the problems related to cultivation of this system. It was found that both sexes participate almost equally that leads to gender equity. In addition, a diversification in construction materials, fertilizers uses, yield purposes and crops cultivated were also found.
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