Iffat Jahan Heera1* and Hasan Habibur Rahman2
1Department of Agriculture, Rabindra Maitree University (RMU), Kushtia-7000, Bangladesh; 2Owner of HS Traders (Buyer and Vendor of Food Grain and Jute), Kushtia Sadar, Kushtia-7000, Bangladesh.
*Correspondence: iffatjahanheera@gmail.com (Iffat Jahan Heera, Lecturer and Program Coordinator, Department of Agriculture, Rabindra Maitree University (RMU), Kushtia-7000, Bangladesh).
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ABSTRACT
In the present situation, Bangladesh needs food security which entails that each and every person must have physical and economic access to safe and nutritious food to meet dilatory needs. Scarcity of usable water for agriculture leads to production of lesser production of food which ultimately leads to hunger and malnutrition of a large number of people in our country. So, there is an utmost need for the adoption of such technology in agriculture that can contribute towards water saving and have a positive impact on food production and availability. ‘Hydroponics’ is one such methodology of soilless cultivation and the water use efficiency of this is much more than conventional system. Currently, hydroponics cultivation is gaining popularity all over the world because of its management of resources in a very efficient way and the production of quality foods. Several benefits of this technique include less growing time for crops than conventional crop growing in soil, round-the-year production, minimum disease and pest infestation, and elimination of several intercultural operations like weeding, spraying, watering, etc. which is labor intensive. Under hydroponics, by using different nutrient solutions and substrates such as coco coir, wood fiber, rice bran, and water, production of leafy as well as other vegetables, 70%-90% water is saved. Some leading countries like Israel, France, Canada, and the Netherlands have adopted this technique at the commercial level. On the basis of the above performance, it is revealed that hydroponics can play a significant role in quality vegetable production. For this reason, an experiment was conducted at Rabindra Maitree University (RMU) in Kushtia Sadar, Kushtia district and the title states that "Vegetable production (Tomato, Lettuce, Spinach, and Capsicum) through the utilization of hydroponics technology”.
Keywords: Vegetables, Tomato, Lettuce, Spinach, Capsicum and Hydroponic technology.
Citation: Heera IJ., and Rahman HH. (2023). Vegetables production (tomato, lettuce, spinach, and capsicum) through utilization of hydroponic technology, Iraq. Int. J. Agric. Vet. Sci., 5(4), 109-115. https://doi.org/10.34104/ijavs.023.01090115
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