Abstract:
he main purpose of stusdy was to discuss about the merits and demerits of ecological agriculture and to
determine its mode of adoption in Bangladesh. Attempt was made to search internet. available books. journals
and printed materials from different sources of home and abroad during the period from June 2004 to October
2008 and it was revealed that there was on going debate in favour of and against ecological agriculture as it
has many merits and demerits. For determining the mode of adoption of ecological agriculture in Bangladesh.
data were collected from a sample of 144 ecological farmers drawn from a population of 478 ecological
farmers of six Area Development Centers (ADCs) of Proshikha with the help of a pre-tested interview
schedule during the period from February to August. 2006. Findings revealed that more th:1I1half (52.12 per
rent) of the total lands of the respondent farmers were cultivated by the mixture of ecological and chemical
practices compared to 47.66% of the total land of the farmers were cultivated by absolute use of ecological
agricultural practices and only 0.22% of the total land of the fanners were cultivated by absolute chemical
inputs.
