Table 5 Recommendation Matrix for Policy Connotation Recommendations

Table 5. Recommendation Matrix for Policy Connotation Recommendations Facts of consideration Nourishment of farmers’ knowledge about conservation agriculture practice Involvement of government and non-government organizations to provide basic acquaintance to the farmers and arrange training programmes Regular extension contact from the view point of extension agents Ensuring the availability of agricultural inputs at the time of requirement Enhancing direct input support as well as input subsidy programmes Providing farmers’ access to modern agricultural equipments to facilitate conservation agriculture practice Inspiring the farmers to use organic fertilizers instead of synthetic fertilizers Creation of market with comparative advantage of medicine free and organic products Restricting the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and medicine in crop farming to a minimum limit with a view to protect the environment from being damaged Accessibility of the farmers to institutional credit Formation of savings and credit cooperative groups which can ensure the sale of the products of the member farmers Research needed Extension needed Policy intervention needed √ √ √ √ Aurup Ratan Dhar et al. Adoption of Conservation Agriculture in Bangladesh: Problems and Prospects. World Journal of Agricultural Research, 2017, Vol. 5, No. 5, 265 -272. doi: 10. 12691/wjar-5 -5 -3 © The Author(s) 2015. Published by Science and Education Publishing.