Plant Resource Utilization in 'Baribhita' (Homestead) in Bangladesh: A Case Study in a Village in the Old Brahmaputra Floodplain.

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  • バングラデシュの屋敷地の構造と植物利用: 旧プラマプトラ氾濫原の自然堤防上に位置する村の事例から
  • Plant Resource Utilization in Baribhita

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A study of ‘baribhita’ (homestead in English) and its utilization was conducted in a village 100 km north of Dhaka, situated on a natural levee of the Old Brahmaputra floodplain. A typical ‘baribhita’ consisted of ‘uthan’ (middle yard), ‘jongol’ (back yard), and ‘pukur’ (tank) in front of the ‘uthan’. ‘Uthan’ was a well maintained open space and was used as a space for postharvest processing and daily life. Various fruit trees and vegetables were planted and livestock were kept there. In contrast to ‘uthan’, ‘jongol’ was less tenured and many wild plants grew there. ‘Pukur’ was a place for bathing, washing and cooking. It was also utilized for fish culture which became popular because of its high profit. Palms and vegetables were usually grown around ‘pukur’. <BR> ‘Baribhita’ was a very important place for tree plantation in the floodplain, and for planting vegetables in the rainy season as well. Fruit trees were also intensively planted for multiple purposes. Most vegetables grown were of the creeping type. Under the vegetable trellis or in ‘jongol’, shade-tolerant plants and seedlings of fruit trees were planted. All of these plants made full use of the limited space of ‘baribhita’. ‘Baribhita’ played an important role in providing villagers with daily necessities.

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  • Tropics

    Tropics 6 (1/2), 117-127, 1996

    JAPAN SOCIETY OF TROPICAL ECOLOGY

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