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Homestead production systems: enhanced productivity for food security in South Bangladesh and West Bengal, India
The document analyzes homestead farming systems in South Bangladesh and West Bengal, India. It finds that homestead farming contributes significantly to household income and food consumption, providing over a third of income and meeting food needs. However, homestead productivity is challenged by lack of land and resources, as well as high soil salinity in some areas. The study identifies a need to improve homestead farming practices and develop saline-tolerant crop varieties to enhance food security and livelihoods in the vulnerable delta regions.
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Homestead production systems: enhanced productivity for food security in South Bangladesh and West Bengal, India
- 1. Homesteadproduction systems: enhanced productivity for food security in South Bangladesh and West Bengal, India
- 2. ! 35%and 34% of the rural population fell below the national rural poverty line in 2010 in Bangladesh and India, respectively ! 80% and 59% of farming households in Bangladesh and WB having access to less than 0.5 ha of productive land ! Increase in food production in Ganges delta through intensification for future food supply is crucial ! HFS have been promoted for income and home consumption across the countries, less attention has been given to these systems in more challenged coastal deltaic regions ! Much research has focused on field crops, but less on homestead farming system. Background with rationale
- 3. Objec'ves: The major objec'ves of the study were to compare between southern Bangladesh and West Bengal – • socio-‐economy • homestead farming systems (HFS) • HFS contribu'on to household income & consump'on • iden'fy priority research needs
- 4. Key research questions 1. Does Homestead Farming System contribute to food security? 2. Is there any links between increased produc@on and consump@on? 3. Are there any differences between SWB and WB in terms of HFS and associated livelihoods ? 4. Can these systems be further improved sustainably? 5. What are the development challenges for such improvement?
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- 6. Households surveyed Country Region Water Salinity (ppt) Number of households (HH) Bangladesh Polder 43 Low (00-05) 320 Polder 30 Moderate (00-10) 338 Polder 3 High (05-25) 461 Total 1,119 India Block Kakdwip Low (00-05) 120 Block Namkhana Moderate (00-10) 120 Sandeshkhali I Moderate (00-10) 120 Sandeshkhali II Moderate (00-10) 120 Block Sagar High (05-25) 240 Total 720
- 7. Land ownership pattern Totalland (field +homestead) Homestead land Ratio of homestead to field land
- 8. Major occupation (byincome) Bangladesh West Bengal Labor Agriculture Small Business Betel Cul'va'on Van/Rickshaw puller Job Aquaculture Others Fisherman Teacher Carpenter Driver Masonry
- 9. Self sufficiency infood with own products (HFS+Field) <1 <1
- 10. Annual household income(median, US$) from off farm, field crop, homestead aquaculture and homestead non-aquaculture sources by region Region n off farm Field Homestead Aqua Homestead Non-‐Aqua Total US$ Polder-‐3 456 730 420 78 174 1,136 Polder-‐30 336 533 365 69 249 1,050 Polder-‐43 314 640 344 58 139 1,028 Bangladesh 1106 667 381 70 176 1,079 Kakdwip 103 1000 556 307 11 1,796 Namkhana 105 889 311 200 53 1,468 Sagar 227 889 267 140 51 1,476 Sandeshkhali-‐1 109 1433 333 144 NA 1,753 Sandeshkhali-‐11 108 1452 344 326 111 1,794 India 652 1103 333 180 44 1,622 All 1758 800 357 116 93 1,304 Homestead Total (aqua +non-aqua in $): BD 246, WB 224
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- 13. Homestead products Production(Kg/HH) 0 50 100 150 200 250 Poultry meat (kg) Poultry egg (n) Fish (kg) Prawn (Kg) Dairy milk (liter) Livestock Meat (kg) Vegetables (Kg) Fruits (Kg) Bangladesh West Bengal
- 14. Correlation between productionand consumption -‐0.2 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2 Fruits Poultry egg Fish Vegetables Poultry meat Dairy milk Correla'on score (r) Bangladesh West Bengal
- 15. Major constraints &challenges for improvement of aquaculturePercentage 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Bangladesh West Bengal
- 16. Major Constraints &challenges for improvement of non-aquaculture Percentage 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 Bangladesh West Bengal
- 17. Productivity by differentsalinity High Saline Moderate Saline Low Saline Landarea(ha)
- 18. Key messages ! Increasing awareness on the importance of HFS for food and nutritional security in West Bengal ! Focus more on creating aquaculture resources in Bangladesh (e.g. WISH Pond) ! Women can get more involved if we can make technology gender responsive ! Investment to develop production technologies with saline tolerant species is needed in both countries ! Participatory action research is being carried out in both the countries to increase productivity of HFS and develop local level innovation for farming system intensification