INTERCROPPING OF WINTER VEGETABLES WITH BANANA IN KHAGRACHARI HILL DISTRICT OF BANGLADESH .....

An experiment was done in the Khagrachari hill tracts of Chattogram, Bangladesh, during the 2017-2018 season to determine the production and profitability of bananas for winter crops. Sweet gourd, bitter gourd, scarlet amaranth, and radish were among the winter vegetables intercropped with bananas. Banana cultivation alone was used as a control. Intercrops had significant influence on yield contributing features such as the number of fingers/hands and the total number of fingers/bunches on a banana. Sole banana also produced the maximum yield of 36.50t/ha, whereas banana intercropped with radish produced the lowest yield of 28.95t/ha. However, the economic study revealed that all treatments had the highest economic return when compared to the control. With a Benefit-Cost Ratio (BCR) of 3.22, banana intercropped with bitter gourd produced the highest gross return. The BCRs of banana intercropped with red amaranth, banana intercropped with sweet gourd, and banana intercropped with radish, respectively, were 2.77, 2.69, and 2.66. The BCR of the sole banana is 2.35.

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