Roof garden- A small approach towards feed the city

doi:10.4066/2591-7897-C1-003

Roof garden- A small approach towards feed the city

Joint Event on International Conference on Plant Science & Natural Products,Medicinal Plants and Traditional Medicines
November 15-16, 2018 | Paris, France

AKM Quamruzzaman

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Bangladesh

Posters & Accepted Abstracts : Plant science & Natural Medicine

DOI: 10.4066/2591-7897-C1-003

Abstract:

The study was conducted at roof top of Horticulture Research Centre (HRC), Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur during July 2016 to June 2017 to evaluate the suitable model for year round vegetable supply to the city dwellers. Nine Treatments viz., T1= Plastic box 1, T2= Plastic box 2, T3= Plastic box 3, T4= Plastic box 4, T5= Plastic box 5, T6= Plastic box 6, T7= Plastic box 7, T8= Half drum, T9= Sac/ Multilayer box and three roof top garden models viz., Model 1, Model 2, Model 3were included in the study. Each model consists of 22 type vegetables. Considering the 3 models, there were a narrow difference in term of vegetable yield and prices. The main cause behind it was the number of vegetables were same (22) in all models. Just rearrange the vegetables within the treatments and type of production system viz., single cropping, inter cropping and relay cropping. So, on a roof garden from a 10 m2 / 100 ft2 area, anybody can follow any model preferably Model 1 and Model 2, which vegetable price (2270 tk) and yield (73 kg) were higher, respectively. This study was just 1-year result, so after another year trial it may be concluded which model is best in terms of yield and price to feed the city dwellers.

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E-mail: akmqzs@gmail.com

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