PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS OF POTATO CULTIVATION: A STUDY AT DEBIGANJ THANA UNDER PANCHAGARH DISTRICT

Abstract

The present study was basically designed to assess the “Profitability Analysis of Potato Cultivation: A Study at Debiganj Thana under Panchagarh District”. Farmers were randomly selected for data collection purpose. The selected villages were Debganj Sadar, Pamoli, Kaligonj ,Vaulagonj, Dabiduba and Sonahar under Debiganj thana in Panchagarh district. Descriptive statistics and Cobb- Douglas production function were employed to achieve the objective of the study. The major findings of the study revealed that the potato production was profitable. Per hectare total cost of potato was 193779.34 TK and the gross return was 299500.00 TK. Per hectare net return for potato production is 105720.66 TK. The results of the Cobb- Douglas production function indicated that the gross return of the potato production were highly influenced by the human labour, seedlings, irrigation, manure, fertilizer, insecticide etc. The present study shows that there were some constrains in the production of potato. These problems were shortage of financial capital, high price of input, low price of output, lack of quality seed, inadequate extension services etc. It showed that inefficient management of potato cultivation may turn into loss. So the effective management of potato, enough cold storage facility was required for the highest net return of the potato cultivation. For these Bangladesh government should have play vital role for the effective management of potato. At the end of the study some policy and recommendation of the potato production are given for the view of effective management purpose.