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Hill Cotton

Hill Cultivation

Jhum Cultivation

Jhum cultivation is a special cultivation system practiced by the tribal people in the hilly areas of Bangladesh. In three Hill districts of Chittagong the tribal peoples are traditionally grow cotton following this indigenous technology. In jhum cultivation cotton seed are seeded along with other crop seed like-Rice, Seasem, Chili, Maize, Marpha, Kaown, Pea and other seeds in a same pit/hill horizontally to the hill slope. Tribal peoples harvest different crops in different time sequentially. Cotton Development Board have been working for improving the traditional technologies of cotton production practiced by the tribal people in the Chittagong Hill Tract areas of Bangladesh.

Sowing Time

First week of May to First week of April.

Seed Rate

Crops

Seed Rate/Hectare

Cotton

15-20 Kg

Rice

45 kg

Sesame

0.7 kg

Chili

1.2

Maize

1 kg

Marpha

0.5 kg

Kaown

1 kg

Pea

1.50 kg

Other seed

1.20 kg

 

Fertilizer Rate

Fertilizer

Kg/Acre

Kg/Hctare

Kg/Bigha

Urea (N)

55 (25.3)

135 (62.10)

18 (8.28)

TSP (P2O5)

27 (5.4)

68 (13.60)

9 (1.80)

MoP (K2O)

30 (15)

75 (37.50)

10 (5.00)