Traditional
Floating Garden Agriculture
In Bangladesh
Today I am going to discus about the Traditional and
Modern hydroponics Agriculture in Bangladesh. This environmentally friendly
traditional cultivation technique utilizes the natural resources of wetlands to
grow vegetables and other crops almost all year round, providing numerous
social, economic, agricultural, and ecological benefits to the local
population.
Traditional hydroponics system in Bangladesh, based
on floating gardens, According to history seekers as far as possible, the first
nazirpur farmers have developed methods of float cultivation method. It will be
at least 150 year. Swarupkathi phases, the system banaripara saha spread around
several districts. Jessore, Barisal Division already floating in the
cultivation process, Manikganj, Dhaka, Sylhet and Sunamganj has spread. In
addition, skilled farmers here and abroad have decided to develop this
technology, he confessed to limit the spread of seeds and farming methods
kacuripanai(water hyacinth) barrier.
These two issues will be addressed in the process of further expansion. Now the
cultivation method has been recognized by the United Nations' Food and
Agricultural Organization (FAO) as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage
Systems (GIAHS) for innovation, sustainability, and adaptability.
Farmers in some parts of the country where flood
waters can remain for a prolonged period of time have developed floating
gardens in which plants can be grown on the water on floating organic beds of
water hyacinth, algae and other plant residues.
This environmentally friendly traditional
cultivation technique utilizes the natural resources of wetlands to grow
vegetables and other crops almost all year round, providing numerous social,
economic, agricultural, and ecological benefits to the local population.
The region's
rice fields are cultivated boro(winter rice) months from April. The months from
June to October seven to eight feet of water has submerged the land. The people
became unemployed during the time that they had a pile of collected water
hyacinth. The first phases of hyacinth and moss swamps, water hyacinth and
different weed step or two feet thick layers arranged to create a floating
nursery. One and a half meters long and 50-60 meters wide are floating stage.
Suitable for cultivation in the seven step process
to keep 10 days. Floating or step manner because it is not possible to directly
sow the seeds for the farmers was a kind of nursery. They gave the name of the
Daulah. A handful small water hyacinth, in dulalilatara powder is made with
coconut matting Daulah. Only women work in the creation of Daulah. Various
vegetable seeds germinate in the Daulah or dried plant was put in place. The
seeds germinate in place is wet. Seedbed for three to seven days in a row is
kept. A step-by-five-six day after the transfer begins to grow plants at home.
Five or six days after the floating phase is spread out at the base of the
hyacinth roots or moss Daulah. Thus the seeds of gourd, pumpkin, papaya,
eggplant, cabbage, bitter gourd, bean, cowpea, tomato and cucumber seedlings
are produced. Twenty days after planting beds to shoot from an adult within a
week. Farmers or traders bought to plant the seedlings sometime. Organic
fertilizer is produced from one of the plant's production cost half the money.
500 thousand seedlings of two thousand to three thousand were sold. If the step
up from a variety of vegetable farmers to sell in the market. Farmers purchased
on the steps of the old Floating bed for grow pumpkin, beans, papaya, bitter
gourd, tomato, gourd, amaranth, spinach, been etc.
According to farmers, phase duration is usually
three months. But the farmers have learned reused. For this reason, in order to
re-use these steps to change a little. When a stage 50 meters from 2000 to 2500
taka cost (25-30$). The first step is not ready to step back and re-used can be
sold to other farmers, the farmers, which almost always have been. Step is used
for the first time in two thousand to 3000 taka (38$) sold.
Cyclone and storm cannot damage to the farming methods.
However, the plan has the advantage of floating cultivation methods, there are
also some problems. The main problem is lack of government grain stores, the
lack of advanced communication systems. Besides, have number of middlemen. In
addition to the lack of official patronage, inadequate training facilities, as
necessary for the creation of nursery does not get fertilizer and the farmers
were facing problems due to lack of facilities.
The
local farmers says, the season vegetable production and sales of nearly 25000
tk(319$) per acre is achieved.
Modern
hydroponics Agriculture in Bangladesh
Hydroponic is a modern crop production technique
where valuable crops are raised in controlled environment in water media
without any soil by providing essential nutrients .In any over populous country
like Bangladesh, where there is less or no land for crop cultivation , there in
house roof , home yard , poly-tunnel , net –house it is possible to grow crops
using hydroponic system , in developed world like Europe, America, Japan,
Taiwan, China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and middle-east countries
vegetables and fruits are grown in commercial basis . In Bangladesh Hydroponic
system has been introduced by Different Agro Company’s and Agricultural
Research Institutes.
Farmers in the region are involved in the
cultivation approach to demand more loans with easier terms. They aspect will
improve the financial condition of the vegetable farmers, farmers need
sophisticated training. Through the use of modern technologies, they will
benefit more.
