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: Received: 13 November 2017 / Approved: 13 November 2017 / Online: 13 November 2017 (16:14:39 CET)
How to cite:
Rahman, K.M.A.; Zhang, D. Socio-economic Factors Affecting Fertilization
Sustainability in Bangladesh: Effects of Traditional Way of Fertilization and Rental Land Farming. Preprints2017, 2017110078. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201711.0078.v1
Rahman, K.M.A.; Zhang, D. Socio-economic Factors Affecting Fertilization
Sustainability in Bangladesh: Effects of Traditional Way of Fertilization and Rental Land Farming. Preprints 2017, 2017110078. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201711.0078.v1
Rahman, K.M.A.; Zhang, D. Socio-economic Factors Affecting Fertilization
Sustainability in Bangladesh: Effects of Traditional Way of Fertilization and Rental Land Farming. Preprints2017, 2017110078. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201711.0078.v1
APA Style
Rahman, K.M.A., & Zhang, D. (2017). Socio-economic Factors Affecting Fertilization
Sustainability in Bangladesh: Effects of Traditional Way of Fertilization and Rental Land Farming. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201711.0078.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Rahman, K.M.A. and Dunfu Zhang. 2017 "Socio-economic Factors Affecting Fertilization
Sustainability in Bangladesh: Effects of Traditional Way of Fertilization and Rental Land Farming" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201711.0078.v1
Abstract
Abstract: The study focuses on how socio-economic and demographic indicators affect fertilization sustainability (excessive amount of fertilization). Principally we aim to examine the significance magnitude of the effects of three socio-demographic variables such as traditional way of fertilization, rental land farming, and farmers’ younger age on over-fertilization in Bangladesh and other developing countries. In 1960s, Bangladesh state authority launched a campaign ‘Grow more Food’ to feed huge numbers of population and thus the farmers are provided chemical fertilizers and pesticides at a subsidized low price. Farmers began to use huge amount of fertilizers for gaining high yields and continued it to present causing environmental woes a lot. We interview (face-to-face, focus group discussion, and phone interview) 210 Bangladesh farmers in 2016 by semi-structured questionnaire. Data has been analyzed using General Linear Model (GLM) in Univariate Analysis of Variance. The study found the effect of traditional way of fertilization on excessive amount of fertilization is strongly significant at 1% level. Apart from, rental land farming and farmers’ younger age have a significant influence on over- fertilization; though their significance level (5% and 10% respectively) is quasi-strong. Policy makers can be able to formulate fertilizer policy on the basis of these findings.
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