PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMIC POTENTIALITIES OF LATKAN (Baccaurea ramiflora Lour) BASED AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS AT SHIBPUR UPAZILAOF NARSINGDI DISTRICT

Abstract

ABSTRACT Latkan based agroforestry system is profitable and has a great opportunity to increase national production to feed the growing population. A survey was carried out at Narsingdi District to identify the Latkan based agroforestry systems, access the contribution of Latkan based agroforestry system of the farmers in the study area and identify the problems and constrains phase in practicing the system. To achieve the objectives, a simple random sampling technique was adopted to collect the necessary information from 80 respondents through a structured questionnaire during January to September 2020. SPSS 16.0 Computer package program was used to analyze the data. Based on crop condition with Latkan trees, a total of 10 Latkan based agroforestry systems were identified. Most of the farmers (46.25%) used coriander as associated crop with Latkan and minority (11.25%) farmers used other crops. Most (66.25%) of them used jackfruit as associated tree and minority (2.5%) used other trees. Most of them (50%) said that the maximum fruit production age of the tree was 15-20 years old and minority (15%) said 10-15 years. Some problems were identified in respect of Latkan based agroforestry systems. About 13.75%% respondents faced problems for marketing of Latkan because the price was low in the local market. The discounted benefit cost ratio (1.90), and the internal rate of return (52.9%) clearly indicated that Latkan based agroforestry system was productive and economical. There is a scope of adopting improved management practices and it may increase the total production.