An Overview of Socio-economic and Farming Systems Status of Farmers’ in the Haor Area under Sunamganj District

Abstract

The study was carried out at Bahadurpur village under Sunamganj sadar upazila of Sunamganj district during November 2014 to July 2015 to see the socio-economic status and farming systems of the haor area.  A total number of 65 farmers’ were randomly selected by using random sampling technique. Data were collected from the sampled farmers’ through direct interview method using a semi-structured questionnaire. Eleven farming systems were identified in the study area among them 32.31% was Crop-Poultry-Agroforestry system. The literacy rate was 44.62% which is less than the National average. Farm size was 1.29 ha. Agricultural farming was the main occupation all of the farmers'. Boro-Fallow-Fallow was the major cropping pattern in the study area. Inadequate knowledge about fertilizers application (including fertilizer dose, fertilizer application time) and low output price are main problems faced by the farmers’ in haor area. Farmers’ opined that the training on modern agricultural technology and proper price of farm products at farmers’ level should be ensured.