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Maize has become one of the most important food and feed crops in Bangladesh. Farmers are particularly interested to produce more of their maize in the summer (Kharif-I) season when few other crops are grown.
This manual is the product of a close worthwhile collaboration on maize between the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) and Ka...
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... Large course aggregates were separated and broke into small sized particles which was favourable for maize cultivation. Land preparation and other operations were done following the maize cultivation manual by Waddington (2018). ...
... Large course aggregates were separated and broke into small sized particles which was favourable for maize cultivation. Land preparation and other operations were done following the maize cultivation manual by Waddington (2018). ...
Maize is one of the most growing crops in Bangladesh. Sowing of maize seed is a time consuming, labor oriented and tedious operation. To overcome the problems in maize cultivation, a power operated maize seeder was designed and fabricated in the Department of Farm Power and Machinery in Bangladesh Agricultural University. A 24 volt DC motor worked as power unit. The speed of the seeder was fixed with an accelerator governing by a motor controller unit. Power transmission system was chain and sprocket for drive wheel and gear pinion system to operate the seed 12-cell plate type seed metering device at a revolution ratio of 1:1.3. The machine possesses an effective field capacity of 0.119 ha/h, field efficiency of 85.86%, average distance of dropping seed 21.29 cm and an average missing rate of 2.78%, respectively. Fabrication cost of the seeder excluding battery was USD 142.85. Financial analysis of the seeder revealed that business by this machine is profitable as the BCR and IRR was found to be 1.54 and 230% with a payback period of 0.43 years if bank interest rate is 12%. Results also revealed that the machine would be profitable if it can sow in more than 4.95 ha of land per year. The effectiveness of sowing and financial analysis predict that the machine can be a better option for marginal farmers in sowing maize with less labor orientation and ease of operation securing production cost. [J Bangladesh Agril Univ 2020; 18(4.000): 1065-1072]
Maize is one of the promising crops for foods, green forage and industrial uses. There is lot of research about maize regarding various aspects in Bangladesh. However, no published review report on the present status, problems and prospects of maize production in Bangladesh has been found. In this review, we provided intensive information to increase maize production and profitability in Bangladesh from all the available resources i.e., journal article, book, proceeding and electronic sources. This paper showed that maize cultivation was more profitable in Bangladesh and indicated some problems with maize cultivation as well as suggested some recommendations to improve maize production. Understanding all the facts about this paper will boost to maize production in Bangladesh and assist to researchers to choose advance topics about the improvement of maize cultivation. Vol. 9, No. 2, August 2022: 89-96
