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Environmental degradation due to tobacco cultivation in Bangladesh: a case study of Doulathpur, Kushtia

Tobacco plant is diseases prone and requires much chemical fertilizers, pesticides and enormous care. Yet, since the liberation tobacco cultivation has become an important part of agriculture in Bangladesh thanks to its promotion by the British American Tobacco Company. Kushtia is one of the major...

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Main Authors: Kutub, Md. Juel Rana, Falgunee, Nishat
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Published: Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2015
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spelling my-ukm.journal.91622016-12-14T06:49:09Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9162/ Environmental degradation due to tobacco cultivation in Bangladesh: a case study of Doulathpur, Kushtia Kutub, Md. Juel Rana Falgunee, Nishat Tobacco plant is diseases prone and requires much chemical fertilizers, pesticides and enormous care. Yet, since the liberation tobacco cultivation has become an important part of agriculture in Bangladesh thanks to its promotion by the British American Tobacco Company. Kushtia is one of the major tobacco growing areas of Bangladesh. This paper aims to find out the negative environmental impacts of tobacco cultivation and how environmental degradation causes reduction of soil fertility and increase water pollution, biodiversity damages and deforestation in Kushtia. Research findings revealed that tobacco cultivation had indeed incurred widespread negative impacts on agro-biodiversity, water and soil quality, biodiversity and traditional agro-practices in the study area. Soil and water in the study area were found to be contaminated with toxic pesticides and chemical components that reduced the soil fertility and increased water pollution. The pH levels of both soil and water was found to be less than the minimum acceptable level. Soil was more acidic and water had less dissolved oxygen that indicated severe pollution. Flora and fauna species in the study area were also adversely impacted by the excessive use of agrochemicals in tobacco cultivation. As the drive for profit converted more arable land to tobacco cultivation environmental degradation was enhanced in the study area. Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/9162/1/1x.geografia-jul15-juelrana-bi-edam.pdf Kutub, Md. Juel Rana and Falgunee, Nishat (2015) Environmental degradation due to tobacco cultivation in Bangladesh: a case study of Doulathpur, Kushtia. Geografia : Malaysian Journal of Society and Space, 11 (7). pp. 1-8. ISSN 2180-2491 http://www.ukm.my/geografia/v2/index.php?cont=a&item=2&thn=2015&vol=11&issue=7&ver=loc
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description Tobacco plant is diseases prone and requires much chemical fertilizers, pesticides and enormous care. Yet, since the liberation tobacco cultivation has become an important part of agriculture in Bangladesh thanks to its promotion by the British American Tobacco Company. Kushtia is one of the major tobacco growing areas of Bangladesh. This paper aims to find out the negative environmental impacts of tobacco cultivation and how environmental degradation causes reduction of soil fertility and increase water pollution, biodiversity damages and deforestation in Kushtia. Research findings revealed that tobacco cultivation had indeed incurred widespread negative impacts on agro-biodiversity, water and soil quality, biodiversity and traditional agro-practices in the study area. Soil and water in the study area were found to be contaminated with toxic pesticides and chemical components that reduced the soil fertility and increased water pollution. The pH levels of both soil and water was found to be less than the minimum acceptable level. Soil was more acidic and water had less dissolved oxygen that indicated severe pollution. Flora and fauna species in the study area were also adversely impacted by the excessive use of agrochemicals in tobacco cultivation. As the drive for profit converted more arable land to tobacco cultivation environmental degradation was enhanced in the study area.
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author Kutub, Md. Juel Rana
Falgunee, Nishat
spellingShingle Kutub, Md. Juel Rana
Falgunee, Nishat
Environmental degradation due to tobacco cultivation in Bangladesh: a case study of Doulathpur, Kushtia
author_facet Kutub, Md. Juel Rana
Falgunee, Nishat
author_sort Kutub, Md. Juel Rana
title Environmental degradation due to tobacco cultivation in Bangladesh: a case study of Doulathpur, Kushtia
title_short Environmental degradation due to tobacco cultivation in Bangladesh: a case study of Doulathpur, Kushtia
title_full Environmental degradation due to tobacco cultivation in Bangladesh: a case study of Doulathpur, Kushtia
title_fullStr Environmental degradation due to tobacco cultivation in Bangladesh: a case study of Doulathpur, Kushtia
title_full_unstemmed Environmental degradation due to tobacco cultivation in Bangladesh: a case study of Doulathpur, Kushtia
title_sort environmental degradation due to tobacco cultivation in bangladesh: a case study of doulathpur, kushtia
publisher Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, UKM,Bangi
publishDate 2015
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