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Financial Security of Farmers through Homestead Vegetable Production in Barishal District, Bangladesh

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  • Md. Kamruzzaman Suza
  • Shaikh Shamim Hasan
  • Mithun Kumar Ghosh
  • Md. Enamul Haque
  • Mursaleen Zebin Turin

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Homestead farming is always ignored though it is a boundless promising area for economic sustainability. Therefore, the present study was undertaken to determine the present status of the homestead vegetable production and also to ascertain the socio-economic condition of the local farmers of the Barishal District. The influence of different types of socio-economic factors on the economic security of the farmers through homestead vegetable production was also investigated through this study. Following proportionate random sampling technique, a total number of 180 farmers were sampled from three villages of Babuganj Upazila of Barishal of Bangladesh and were interviewed through a predesigned questionnaire. The findings of the study revealed that half of farmers were more than 50 years old, of whom 89% were educated either primary to more than SSC level and had an average family annual income of USD 1967.9. The family size of the respondents indicated that 80% of the farmers had small to medium (4-6 members) family size. The findings also indicated that, on an average, the farmers had 1.25 acre of total land and 0.17 acre of homestead vegetable land in which they spent about 3 hours of time in a day to perform homestead vegetable production. Out of all the farmers, 30% of them didn’t receive any training on any agriculture related issues and 30% of them didn’t receive any training on homestead vegetable gardening related issues. The farmers of the study area practiced some technologies in homestead vegetable production, like, balanced fertilizer use, and pheromone trap. The farmers produced different types of vegetables in their homestead areas and among them green papaya, brinjal and tomato were the dominant. The results of the study also revealed that the farmers earned about USD 50 per year from homestead vegetable gardening which helped them to upsurge some sorts of financial safety and improve nutritional status of their families. In addition, out of nine attributes, two attributes, namely, family size and vegetable land ownership had significant influence on the financial security through homestead vegetable gardening.

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  • Md. Kamruzzaman Suza & Shaikh Shamim Hasan & Mithun Kumar Ghosh & Md. Enamul Haque & Mursaleen Zebin Turin, 2021. "Financial Security of Farmers through Homestead Vegetable Production in Barishal District, Bangladesh," European Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, European Open Science, vol. 1(4), pages 65-71, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:epw:social:v:1:y:2021:i:4:id:18103
    DOI: 10.24018/ejsocial.2021.1.4.103
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