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PROFITABILITY OF BORO RICE CULTIVATION IN THE SELECTED AREAS OF NARAIL DISTRICT IN BANGLADESH
(DEPARTMENT OF DEVELOPMENT & POVERTY STUDIES, SHER-E-BANGLA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY, DHAKA-1207, 2020-06) HOSSAIN, MD. RAJIB
The purpose of the study was to identify the major socio-economic characteristics of the boro rice farmers; to assess the profitability of boro rice production farmers; and to identify problem faced by the farmers in rice boro production. The study was undertaken purposively in Lohagar upazila under Norail district. Validated and wellstructured interview schedule (questionnaire) was used to collect data from 95 rice cultivars during 1st January, 2020 to 1 st February, 2020. Per hectare gross return of boro rice cultivation under small, medium and large farms were Tk. 119120, Tk. 116900 and Tk. 115040, respectively. Gross margin was found to be Tk. 67081, Tk. 62543 and Tk. 59036 per hectare for small, medium and large boro rice farm, respectively. Total net return were estimated as Tk. 35180, Tk. 34126 and Tk. 29336 for small, medium and large boro rice farm per hectare, respectively. Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) were found to be 1.15, 1.13 and 1.08 for small, medium and large rice farm, respectively. Cobb-Douglas production function analysis was carried out for examining the factors affecting the profitability of input use. In most of the cases the coefficients of irrigation, cost of land preparation, human labor cost, cost of manure and cost of pesticide appeared to be positive significant except the negative and significant effect of seed cost and cost of TSP. The values of the coefficient of multiple determination of boro rice production were 0.92 which implied that about 92 percent of the total variation in the gross return could be explained by the included explanatory variables of the model. Lack of fertilizer during cultivation time was the l st problem and lack of storage facility was ranked the last.
TRAINING NEEDS OF FARMERS ON POTATO CULTIVATION AT PARBOTIPUR VILLAGE IN RANG PUR DISTRICT
(DEPT. OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION & INFORMATION SYSTEM, 2011) HOSSAIN, MD. RAJIB
The study was conducted in Rangpur Pouroshava under Sadar upazila of Rangpur District to study the training needs of farmers on potato cultivation. Parbotipur village of Rangpur Pouroshava in Sadar upazila of Rangpur District selected purposively as the locale of the study. Potato growers of this selected village constituted the population of the study. An updated list of 417 farmers from the selected village was prepared with the help of Sub-Assistant Agriculture Officer of this locality. Around 25% of the populations were randomly selected as the sample of the study by using random sampling method. Thus, 104 potato growers constituted the sample of the study. A well structured interview schedule was developed based on objectives of the study for collecting information. The researcher himself collected data through personal contact. Among the respondents, in training needs of farmers on potato cultivation the highest 62.50 percent belongs to high level training needs group followed by 20.19 percent in medium level training need and 17.31 percent in low level training need group. Age and problems of potato farmers had significant positive relationships with their training needs on potato cultivation but level of education and farm size had significant negative relationship. Family size and agricultural knowledge of the farmers had non significant positive relationships with training needs of farmers on potato cultivation but annual family income, organizational participation, cosmopoliteness and knowledge on potato production & marketing had non significant negative relationship