Integration of Vegetables and Fish with Rice in Rain-Fed Farmland: Towards Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainability in aquaculture or agriculture production is depended on its successive use of natural resources that can ensure economic increment and sustainability of the livelihood of people. The objective of the study was to find out suitable combination of rice-fish-vegetable to be cultured in r...
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| author | Md. Abu Sayed Jewel Md. Ayenuddin Haque S. M. Wahed Ali Mst. Eliza Pervin Md. Giush Uddin Ahmed M. Shahanul Islam Mohammad Belal Hossain Mohammed Fahad Albeshr Takaomi Arai |
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| description | Sustainability in aquaculture or agriculture production is depended on its successive use of natural resources that can ensure economic increment and sustainability of the livelihood of people. The objective of the study was to find out suitable combination of rice-fish-vegetable to be cultured in rainfed rice field. Two experiments were conducted for 4 months under rainfed condition. Two rice varieties (BRRI-51 and BRRI-52), three different fish species. i.e., <i>Cyprinus carpio var. communis, Barbonymus gonionotus</i> and <i>Oreochromis niloticus</i> and two combinations of vegetables (Red amaranth + Indian spinach and Cucumber + Water spinach) were selected for these experiments. Significantly higher growth and production performance of fish, <i>B. gonionotus</i> were recorded in both of the experiments. Furthermore, between the rice varieties, BRRI-52 showed significantly higher grain yield, biological yield and harvest index. However, vegetable combination did not show any significant difference between the experiment. Finally, considering economic performance, integration of BRRI-52, <i>B. gonionotus</i> and Cucumber-spinach combinations was provided significantly higher net benefit and benefit-cost ratio (BCR). Therefore, combination of rice-fish-vegetable BRRI-52, <i>B. gonionotus</i> and Cucumber-spinach is recommended to improve food security and sustainability for resource-limited farmers in rainfed rice field. Rice-fish-vegetable integrated culture could address the sustainable development goals (SDG) and therefore policy implications should be considered for institutional support, technical facilities and extension services to increase the knowledge of farmers and to uplift the productivity and profitability. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e11d3ee20a254356a1dea9e5dc8eccba2023-11-17T17:52:59ZengMDPI AGAgriculture2077-04722023-03-0113475510.3390/agriculture13040755Integration of Vegetables and Fish with Rice in Rain-Fed Farmland: Towards Sustainable AgricultureMd. Abu Sayed Jewel0Md. Ayenuddin Haque1S. M. Wahed Ali2Mst. Eliza Pervin3Md. Giush Uddin Ahmed4M. Shahanul Islam5Mohammad Belal Hossain6Mohammed Fahad Albeshr7Takaomi Arai8Department of Fisheries, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, BangladeshDepartment of Fisheries, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, BangladeshDepartment of Fisheries, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, BangladeshDepartment of Fisheries, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, BangladeshDepartment of Agronomy and Agricultural Extension, University of Rajshahi, Rajshahi 6205, BangladeshFaculty of Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin 300000, ChinaDepartment of Fisheries and Marine Science, Noakhali Science and Technology University, Noakhali 3814, BangladeshDepartment of Zoology, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, Riyadh 11451, Saudi ArabiaEnvironmental and Life Sciences Programme, Faculty of Science, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Jalan Tungku Link, Gadong BE 1410, BruneiSustainability in aquaculture or agriculture production is depended on its successive use of natural resources that can ensure economic increment and sustainability of the livelihood of people. The objective of the study was to find out suitable combination of rice-fish-vegetable to be cultured in rainfed rice field. Two experiments were conducted for 4 months under rainfed condition. Two rice varieties (BRRI-51 and BRRI-52), three different fish species. i.e., <i>Cyprinus carpio var. communis, Barbonymus gonionotus</i> and <i>Oreochromis niloticus</i> and two combinations of vegetables (Red amaranth + Indian spinach and Cucumber + Water spinach) were selected for these experiments. Significantly higher growth and production performance of fish, <i>B. gonionotus</i> were recorded in both of the experiments. Furthermore, between the rice varieties, BRRI-52 showed significantly higher grain yield, biological yield and harvest index. However, vegetable combination did not show any significant difference between the experiment. Finally, considering economic performance, integration of BRRI-52, <i>B. gonionotus</i> and Cucumber-spinach combinations was provided significantly higher net benefit and benefit-cost ratio (BCR). Therefore, combination of rice-fish-vegetable BRRI-52, <i>B. gonionotus</i> and Cucumber-spinach is recommended to improve food security and sustainability for resource-limited farmers in rainfed rice field. Rice-fish-vegetable integrated culture could address the sustainable development goals (SDG) and therefore policy implications should be considered for institutional support, technical facilities and extension services to increase the knowledge of farmers and to uplift the productivity and profitability.https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/13/4/755integrated culturefish growth performance<i>Barbonymus gonionotus</i>economicsfood securitysustainability |
| spellingShingle | Md. Abu Sayed Jewel Md. Ayenuddin Haque S. M. Wahed Ali Mst. Eliza Pervin Md. Giush Uddin Ahmed M. Shahanul Islam Mohammad Belal Hossain Mohammed Fahad Albeshr Takaomi Arai Integration of Vegetables and Fish with Rice in Rain-Fed Farmland: Towards Sustainable Agriculture Agriculture integrated culture fish growth performance <i>Barbonymus gonionotus</i> economics food security sustainability |
| title | Integration of Vegetables and Fish with Rice in Rain-Fed Farmland: Towards Sustainable Agriculture |
| title_full | Integration of Vegetables and Fish with Rice in Rain-Fed Farmland: Towards Sustainable Agriculture |
| title_fullStr | Integration of Vegetables and Fish with Rice in Rain-Fed Farmland: Towards Sustainable Agriculture |
| title_full_unstemmed | Integration of Vegetables and Fish with Rice in Rain-Fed Farmland: Towards Sustainable Agriculture |
| title_short | Integration of Vegetables and Fish with Rice in Rain-Fed Farmland: Towards Sustainable Agriculture |
| title_sort | integration of vegetables and fish with rice in rain fed farmland towards sustainable agriculture |
| topic | integrated culture fish growth performance <i>Barbonymus gonionotus</i> economics food security sustainability |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/13/4/755 |
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