Monday, March 31, 2008

Harnessing Water Resources in the Next Century for Bangladesh Agriculture

Kazi Farhed Iqubal Jr., Lecturer, State University of Bangladesh

Harnessing Water Resources in the Next Century for Bangladesh Agriculture

 Kazi Farhed Iqubal *1, Md. Eftekhar Hossain 2, Zubaida A. Choudhury 2

  ABSTRACT
 Water is an essential component of sustainable agriculture. Rainfed agriculture in Bangladesh is risky, while irrigation is expensive but profitable. Quality irrigation water is a scarce resource during the dry season. Efficient irrigation technologies should be used/ developed to make best use of this resource. Rice cultivation requires a huge quantity of water. Therefore, the number of rice crops in a pattern should be reduced and substituted with other economically important crops.  If more environment friendly irrigation techniques and crop types are given a higher priority, water use could be dramatically reduced, resulting in more sustainable development.

 Keyword: Water, Agriculture, Rainfed agriculture, Irrigation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  * Author for correspondence: 1, 2 Department of Environmental Science, State University of Bangladesh, 77 Satmasjid Road, Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1205
 E-mail: iqubal_010@yahoo.com, iqubal@subd.net

Kazi Farhed Iqubal Jr., Lecturer, State University of Bangladesh I am a lecture of department of Environmental Science, State University of Bangladesh. I have published more than 10 papers in different local and international recognised journals. I have given lecture in Post Graduate level on water Resource Management.


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