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ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF ROSE CULTIVATION IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF JESSORE DISTRICT IN BANGLADESH
(DEPT. OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, 2013) ZAMAN, DINARA
Rose cultivation is now a profitable enterprise to the farmers, but the socioeconomic data and information of this flower are very scarce in Bangladesh. So, the present study is conducted to identify and analyze the profitability of rose relative profitability, potentialities and constraints during December 2014. Two villages (Sayedpara and Potuapara) of Jhikargachha Upazila under Jessore District were selected as study area. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were taken into consideration. A total of 100 rose growing farmers were randomly selected for this study. In this study, both descriptive and statistical tools is used to analyze the data. The average cost of rose cultivation is Tk.383561 and Tk.252734 per hectare on total cost and variable cost basis, respectively. The major share of total cost is for human labor (22%), land use (21%) fertilizer (22%) irrigation (6%) insecticide (12%).The yield of rose is 55,85,02 flowers per hectare. The net return from rose cultivation is Tk. 454192 per hectare. The benefit cost ratios are 3.31 and 2.18 on variable cost and full cost basis, respectively. The highest profit is obtained from rose cultivation compared to its competitive flowers like gladiolus, marigold and others for rose. Human labor, land preparation cost, seedling, urea, TSP, MoP and irrigation has positive effect on the yield of rose. Lack of technical knowledge, non-availability of HYV seedling, and infestation of insects and diseases are major problems found in rose cultivation. Government should take necessary steps to overcome these problems.
PRODUCTIVITY AND RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY OF BAGDA SHRIMP FARMING IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF BAGERHAT DISTRICT IN BANGLADESH
(DEPT. OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, 2013) RASHA, REZOYANA KABIR
Fisheries sector in Bangladesh has been playing a vital role in the economy of Bangladesh from the time immemorial. The contribution of agricultural sector to Gross Domestic Product is about 16.33 percent in the FY 2013-14 of which fisheries sub-sector contributes about 22.61 percent to the broad agricultural sector Gross Domestic Product. The overall objectives of the present study were to examine socio-demographic profile of shrimp producing farmers, to assess profitability and resource use efficiency of shrimp farming. Bagerhat district was selected for the study on the basis of extensive cultivation of shrimp. Simple random sampling technique had been used for collecting data from 105 sample farmers through interview schedule. After analyzing the data, per hectare gross return, net return, and gross margin were found to be Tk. 364222.00, Tk. 215931.00 & Tk. 260095.00 respectively. Total costs of shrimp production were calculated at Tk. 148291.00 per hectare. Benefit Cost Ratio
TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY AND PROFITABILITY OF ONION PRODUCTION IN SELECTED AREAS OF BANGLADESH
(DEPT. OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, 2013) HAQUE, MD. RASHEDUL
The present study was designed to measure technical efficiency of onion farmers and to estimate the profitability of onion production in selected areas of four villages namely Vitbila and Bonkhola under Sujanagar upazila in Pabna district and Haturiya and Loskorkandhi under Faridpur Sadar upazila in Faridpur district. Primary data were collected from 150 farmers which constituted 75 farmers from each upazilas respectively. A random sampling was followed. Both tabular and statistical analyses were applied in this study. The major findings of the study reveal that onion production is profitable. Total cost of production was Tk. 40643.03 per hectare. Gross returns was Tk. 380423.04 and net returns was Tk. 174759.75. Per hectare yields of onion bulb was found 13704.00 kg. Per hectare human labour was used 362 man-days. Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) was found to be 1.85 which implies that one taka investment in onion production generated Tk. 1.85. The Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production function was used for this study to measure technical efficiency of onion farmers. The coefficients of parameters like human labour, seed, fertilizers, insecticides and irrigation were positive where human labour, fertilizers and insecticides were highly significant and indicated positive effect on onion production. In the technical inefficiency effect model, experience, farm size, extension service and training have negative coefficients indicating that this helps in reducing technical inefficiency of onion farmers. The γ-parameter associated with the variance in the stochastic frontier model is to be estimated at 0.6818, indicates that inefficiency effects have a significant contribution in determining the level and variability of output of onion farms. The significant value of γ and σ indicates that there are significant technical inefficiency effects in the production of onion. The study revealed that a considerable improvement took place to increase household income of the farmers in the study area and to improve the socioeconomic conditions with the introduction of large-scale commercial onion production. The study also identified some problems and constraints faced by the onion farmers and suggested some recommendations to improve the present production situation so that per hectare yield of onion would possibly be increased.
A STUDY ON PROFITABILITY OF MIXED CROPPING IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF MADARIPUR DISTRICT OF BANGLADESH
(DEPT. OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, 2013) DHALI, ARPITA
The main purpose of the study was to measure the profitability of mixed cropping and explore the relationship between the input costing and the profitability of the mixed cropping and identify the problems faced by the farmers. The input costs of the mixed cropping used in this study were land, labor, seed and fertilizers. The study was conducted in four randomly selected unions from Kalkini upazila under Madaripur district. Data on cost and returns of pulse and oilseeds were obtained from 80 randomly selected mixed cropping farmers of those unions namely Nabagram, Kazibakai, Dasar and Gopalpur. Pearson’s correlation co-efficient was used to explore the relationship between the concerned variables. Findings showed that the profitability of mixed cropping was Tk 9150.37 at Tk 120740.90 of total costs. The correlation co-efficient showed that land, labor, seed and fertilizers were positively correlated with profitability of mixed cropping. The study showed the problems faced by the farmers in practicing mixed cropping and also recommended some policies to overcome the problems.
FINANCIAL PROFITABILITY AND RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY OF BROILER FARMING IN A SELECTED AREA OF BANGLADESH
(DEPT. OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, 2013) AKTER, ASMA
In the agrarian and largely subsistence economy of Bangladesh, broiler plays a crucial role in supplying nutrition and generating income and employment opportunities. The present study was undertaken to investigate the socio-economic characteristics of the broiler farmers, to estimate the costs, returns and profitability of broiler enterprise and to determine the contribution of the key variables to the production of broiler farms. For achieving these objectives, 80 broiler farms were selected randomly from Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka District. Both tabular and econometric techniques were used to find out the results. Costs and returns were calculated separately through tabular analysis to find out the profitability of broiler production. The results of the analysis showed that on average total cost of broilers per farm per year was Tk. 301142.103. It was found that the variable cost per farm per year stood at Tk. 238728.73 which accounted for 79.28 percent of total cost. The total fixed cost per farm per year accounted to Tk. 62413.373. It is evident from the study that the gross return per farm per batch stood at Tk. 431400. The net return over total cost per farm per year was calculated at Tk. 130257.90. The benefit cost ratios of broiler farming were 1.80 on variable cost basis and 1.43 on total cost basis. Findings of the study clearly indicated that broiler production was a profitable enterprise. Cobb-Douglas production function analysis was used to estimate the contribution of the key variables of the production of broiler farms. The functional analysis indicated that most of the selected variables had significant impact on the production of broiler farms. This study also identified some economic, marketing, technical, social and natural problems in broiler production. Finally, on the basis of findings of this study, some recommendations were made for the development of broiler farming in Bangladesh.
AN ECONOMIC STUDY ON IMPROVED PULSES IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF NORTHERN REGION OF BANGLADESH
(DEPT. OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, 2013) RAHMAN, MD. RAKIBUR
Pulses are excellent sources of protein, but they are treated as minor crop and receive little attention from farmers and policymakers. Recent statistics shows that Lentil mungbean cover about 59.26 percent of the total cropped area under pulses and provide about 58.31 percent of total pulse production . The overall objective of the present study was to examine socio-demographic profile of lentil, chickpea, mungbean and blackgram farmers who are using improved varieties, to assess profitability and resource use efficiency of improved varieties of lentil, chickpea, mungbean and blackgram, and to assess cooperative advantage of lentil. Pabna and Rajshahi district was selected for the study on the basis of intensive cultivation of those crops. Simple random sampling technique had been used for collecting cross sectional data and information from 50 farmers for each crop. Thus, data were collected from a total of 200 farmers through interview schedule. After analyzing the data, per hectare gross return of lentil, mungbean, chickpea and blackgram were found to be Tk. 90200.00, Tk. 84412.00, Tk. 68510.00 and Tk. 64957.00, respectively. Total costs of lentil, mungbean, chickpea and blackgram were calculated at Tk. 57855.91, Tk. 52995.25, Tk. 49754.73 and Tk. 44455.14 per hectare, respectively. Net returns of lentil, mungbean, chickpea and blackgram were estimated at Tk. 32344.09, Tk. 31416.75, Tk. 18755.27 and Tk. 20501.86 per hectare, respectively. Benefit Cost Ratios were found to be 1.56, 1.59, 1.38 and 1.46 for lentil, mungbean, chickpea and blackgram, respectively. Thus, it was found that the cultivation of lentil, mungbean, chickpea and blackgram were profitable.Production function analysis suggested that, among the variables included in the model, land preparation cost, human labour cost, seed, urea and TSP had a positive and significant effect on the yield of lentil, mungbean, chickpea and blackgram, except for, urea had a negative but significant effect on the yield of blackgram. Efficiency analysis indicated that most of the farmers inefficiently used their inputs. Some of them made excessive and some of them made less use of inputs.The DRC value for lentil was found to be less than one indicating that Bangladesh had comparative advantage in producing lentil for import substitution
AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF HYV BORO PADDY PRODUCTION UNDER DIFFERENT LAND TENURE SYSTEMS IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF JHENAIDAH DISTRICT OF BANGLADESH
(DEPT. OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, 2013) PERVIN, LATIFA
This study was conducted to examine the profitability and resource use efficiency of Boro paddy producing farms under different land tenure systems. In total 90 farmers of which 30 owner, 30 cash tenant and 30 crops share tenant farmers were selected randomly from three villages namely Aruyakandi, Baroipara and Habibpur under Shailkupa Upazila in Jhenaidah district of Bangladesh. Primary data were collected from the farmers by farm survey method. The study revealed that the socio-economic condition of owner farmers had better than cash and crop share tenant farmers. It was found that HYV Boro paddy production was profitable for both land tenure farmers but there exists a difference in profitability among owner, cash tenant and crop share tenant farmers. Per hectare gross cost of owner, cash tenant, and crop share tenant farmers were respectively Tk 95858, Tk 91793.96 and Tk 78752.77 and per hectare gross returns were Tk 108933.00, Tk 119079.50 and Tk 117368.48, respectively. It was observed that per hectare net return was Tk. 14296.78, 27285.54 and 38615.72 for the owner, cash tenant, and crop share tenant farmers, respectively. This result indicated that crop share tenant farmer earned more profit than the other group of farmers. The undiscounted BCR were 1.14, 1.30, and 1.49 in owner, cash tenant and crop share tenant farmers, respectively. Finally, it was observed that more profit could be earned by reallocating of resources following a series of interrelated reform measures