COMPARATIVE PROFITABILITY AND RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS BETWEEN SUMMER TOMATO AND WINTER TOMATO IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF CUMILLA DISTRICT

Abstract

Vegetables are essential for giving nutrition, generating cash, and creating work possibilities in Bangladesh, a South Asian nation that is heavily dependent on agriculture and is both extremely impoverished and densely populated. To assess the profitability, contribution of factors to production, and changes in the socioeconomic status of the farmers, a study was conducted in Rarirchar, Borogovindapur and Madhaya villages of Chandina Upazilla to examine the profitability, contribution of factors in yield, and socioeconomic status of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) producing farmers. The study was conducted used a straightforward random sampling technique. To evaluate the effects on tomato output, the major production parameters included seeds, labor, land preparation, fertilizer, manure, irrigation, and pesticides were taken into account. Summer tomatoes produced by farmers brought in the best profit of the two varieties. Summer tomato gross returns per hectare was Tk. 1206555 and net return was Tk. 557838, while winter tomato gross returns were Tk. 825538, and the equivalent net returns were Tk. 204984. The benefit cost ratio for summer tomatoes was 1.86 while the benefit cost ratio for winter tomatoes was 1.33. The coefficient of determination (R 2 ) was approximately 0.68 for summer tomatoes, indicating that the independent variables can account for about 68 percent of differences in tomato production and R 2 was 0.671 for winter tomatoes and indicating that the independent variables can account for about 67 percent of differences in tomato production. The results showed that the variables for irrigation, fertilizer, and insecticides had a significant favorable impact on tomato output for both summer and winter tomatoes. In terms of resource efficiency, hired labor and irrigation are overutilized for both summer and winter tomatoes. However, for both types, less manure, fertilizer, and land preparation is underutilized