FARMER’S PERCEPTION ON CITRUS POLLINATION AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF CITRUS IN SYANGJA DISTRICT, NEPAL

Author:
Bipana Chaulagain, Sushil Awasthi, Astha Thapa Giri, Sujana Lohani, Lekha khadka, Chandra Bhusal

Doi: 10.26480/amdn.01.2024.15.24

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Study was carried out to assess the farmer’s perception on the importance of pollination and profitability analysis of citrus farming in Syangja district. A multistage random sampling technique was used to select the study areas and respondents from the study areas. Putalibazaar Municipality, Bhirkot Municipality and Waling Municipality of Syangja district were selected in consultation with the PMAMP of Syangja district. Similarly, 66 respondents were selected using the purposive random sampling to collect the data using the semi-structured questionnaire. The collected data were processed tabulated and analyzed using SPSS and MS-Excel. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data. It was found that male population (80.3%) was dominant over female population (19.7%). The average cultivated land for citrus was found to be 9.984 ropani. Average productivity and average price per kg of citrus of sampled household was found to be 6.13 mt and Rs. 55/kg respectively. Benefit-cost ratio was found to be 2.51 where Labor cost account as the major cost among the total cost of production with average of Rs. 47735. Study found that only 19.7% of the farmers possessed a strong understanding of the concept of pollination. However, 56.1% of the population were found to keep beehive i.e action was taken to manage pollination knowingly or unknowingly but primary motive was to rear bee for honey rather than for managing the pollinators while remaining of the population took no action. Study conducted in Syangja district, Nepal revealed that substantial proportion. exceeding 63.6% of the local farmers lacked knowledge regarding crops dependent on pollinators for reproduction. Study found that 51.3% of participating farmers exhibited a low level of knowledge concerning climate change. Additionally, none of the respondents reported implementing practices specifically aimed at mitigating the impacts of climate change on their agricultural operations. A study investigating agroecological practices among farmers revealed that 71.2% employed both intercropping and mulching techniques. In contrast, 28.8% of the farmers solely utilized mulching as their ecological practice.

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