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Farmers’ perceptions and capacity for 3Rs agro-waste management in a vegetable growing area of Bangladesh
Summary
Researchers surveyed 125 vegetable farmers in Bangladesh using structured questionnaires to analyze their perceptions and capacity for implementing the 3Rs (reduce, reuse, recycle) framework for agro-waste management. Findings identified that intercultural and harvesting stages generate the highest diversity of biodegradable and non-biodegradable waste, while farmer capacity for waste management remained constrained.
Abstract Agriculture is responsible for giving rise to huge quantities of degradable and non-degradable waste during various farming activities. A deeper understanding of farmers’ perceptions and levels of agro-waste management capacity is essential in developing locally accepted strategies for agro-waste management. This study was framed to analyze vegetable farmers’ perception and capacity for Bangladesh’s 3Rs waste management concept (reduce, reuse, and recycle). A total of 125 farmers were selected following a stratified proportionate random sampling technique and interviewed using a structured questionnaire. The findings of this study indicate that intercultural and harvesting practices produce a large variety of bio-degradable and non-degradable waste materials compared to other stages of vegetable production and marketing of produce. The overall score showed that the vegetable farmers’ have a medium (39.2%) to high (60.8%) perception of the 3Rs waste management concept, but they possessed a low perception of recycling agro-waste. However, the overall capacity score for 3Rs waste management was low (67.2%) to medium (31.2%), indicating a low capacity of vegetable growers to recycle different types of waste. This study offers suggestions for a development program that includes special training facilities for vegetable growers to strengthen their waste management capabilities based on the 3Rs concept.
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