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Present study analyzes the rooftop gardening status, floristic composition and cost and return of the rooftop garden in Sylhet City Corporation of northeastern Bangladesh. Data was collected from 450 rooftop gardeners randomly during July-September 2010. Study reveal that rooftop gardening is generally for mental satisfaction (95.3%) followed by leisure time activity (87.8%) in the study area and almost all the family members of gardeners’ were involved; while collection of planting materials, sites preparation and marketing of products were reported to be carried out by males only (male 71.33%). Middle income classes were most interested in rooftop gardening (43.78%). The survey recorded 53 plant species (35 families) of which Cucurbitaceae family represented highest eight species. Shrubs (28%) were highest followed by herbs (26%) among agri-crops (36%) and flower species (30%). About 89% of the rooftop gardeners procured planting materials from nursery, market, fair, neighbor, relative and friends and they mostly prefer to use seedlings (48%) for roof gardening followed by direct seed sowing (21%). Gardeners sell products sporadically in different local markets, directly or through intermediaries, with no uniform pricing for system. Rooftop gardening improves the food security and meet nutritional deficiency to the gardeners. Survey revealed that generally very few people consider rooftop gardening commercially to get profit and from the cost-return analysis this gardening system can be economically viable if proper and scientifically managed. The study conclude that active government and NGOs could play vital role to increasing this activities by providing training and motivate people with technical aspects of rooftop gardening.

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Abstract
 Introduction
 Study Area
 Research Method
 Results and Discussion
  Basic socio-economic and demographic features ofthe gardeners
  Status and species composition of rooftop gardeningin SCC
  Sources and growing medium of planting materials
  Purpose of rooftop gardening
  Economic analysis of rooftop gardening in SCC
  Marketing of rooftop gardening products
 Conclusion
 References

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• Md. Habibur Rahman [ Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, School of Agriculture and Mineral Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh Bangladesh Institute of Social Research (BISR), Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh ] Corresponding author
• Mizanur Rahman [ Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, School of Agriculture and Mineral Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh and Department of Forest and Nature Conservation, Wageningen University, Lalmatia, The Netherlands ]
• Md. Mostafa Kamal [ Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, School of Agriculture and Mineral Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh ]
• Md. Jasim Uddin [ Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, School of Agriculture and Mineral Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh ]
• Most. Jannatul Fardusi [ Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, School of Agriculture and Mineral Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh Bangladesh Institute of Social Research (BISR), Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh ]
• Bishwajit Roy [ Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, School of Agriculture and Mineral Sciences, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology, Sylhet 3114, Bangladesh Bangladesh Institute of Social Research (BISR), Dhaka 1207, Bangladesh ]

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• 간행물명

  Journal of Forest and Environmental Science [산림과학연구]

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• pISSN

  2288-9744

• eISSN

  2288-9752

• 수록기간

  1981~2025

• 등재여부

  KCI 등재

• 십진분류

  KDC 526 DDC 634