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COMPARISON OF SOIL NUTRIENTS STATUS BETWEEN AN AGRICULTURAL LAND CLOSE BY BRICKFIELD AND A PRODUCTIVE AGRICULTURAL LAND FOR AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES IN SADAR UPAZILLA, SHERPUR, BANGLADESH (Pages : 8 - 12)

The study was conducted to compare the soil nutrients status between productive agricultural lands and an agricultural land close by brickfields at Bajitkhila union of Sherpur Sadar upazilla in Bangladesh during the period from November 2014 to May 2015. The soil samples were collected from the ten sampling points of each type of studied land areas where the depth of the soil layer was 0-15 cm. The study revealed that the pH, organic matter, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, available sulphur, available zinc, total iron and available boron of productive agricultural lands were ranged from 6.0-6.4, 2.0-2.7%, 0.10-0.18 µg g-1 soil, 6.30-9.40 µg g-1 soil, 28.10-37.44 µg g-1 soil, 1.22-1.86 µg g-1 soil, 323.2-376.4 µg g-1 soil and 0.37-0.64 µg g-1 soil, respectively. The study also showed that the pH, organic matter, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, available sulphur, available zinc, total iron and available boron of agricultural land close by brickfields were ranged from 5.5-5.9, 1.3-1.9%, 0.05-0.09 µg g-1 soil, 3.20-5.90 µg g-1 soil, 14.44-25.56 µg g-1 soil, 0.53-0.93 µg g-1 soil, 235.23-292.40 µg g-1 soil and 0.18-0.29 µg g-1 soil, respectively. The overall study stated that the soil nutrients of productive agricultural lands were within the suitable limit for agricultural production whereas the soil nutrients of agricultural land close by brickfields were not within the suitable limit for agricultural activities. Due to illegal brick field activities the soil nutrient contents of the surrounding areas of brick fields are much lower than the productive agricultural land. Careful measures such as to developed brickfield management system should be adapted to achieve the suitable quality of soil for agricultural activities.Download