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DIVERSITY OF RICE VARIETIES IN SOME SELECTED HAOR AREAS OF SUNAMGANJ DISTRICT (Pages : 31 - 34)
M. A. MUTTALEB, M. A. JALIL, A. K. PAUL, S. M. ELIAS HABIB AND M. M. HOSSAINA study was conducted to find out the rice varietal diversity in some selected Haor areas of Sunamganj district during January to march, 2008. Data were collected from 102 farmers of 6 villages of Sunamganj district. It was revealed that majority (65.69%) of the farmers cultivated 2 to 3 rice varieties, 26.47% farmers cultivated single variety and only 7.84% farmers cultivated 4 to 5 varieties. Among the varieties, BRRI dhan29 ranked first in respect of percent of cultivated farmers (92.20%) and areas (58.30%) followed by BR19. Overwhelming majority (69.30%) of the farmers had low to moderate rice varietal diversity while 26.47% had no rice varietal diversity and only 3.92 % farmers had high rice varietal diversity. Download