FINANCIAL PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS OF TOBACCO CULTIVATION IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF LALMONIRHAT DISTRICT

Abstract

The study was undertaken with the objective of determining the profitability level of tobacco cultivation in the Lamonirhat district of Bangladesh. To collect information, 67 tobacco growings fermers some selected on the basis of random sampling technique for this study. Tabular technique as used for the presentation of findings. 67 which were randomly selected from namely village Bairaty, Char-Bairaty, Kashiram,Parulia and Gorol in Kaliganj. The study revealed that per hectare gross return of Tobacco Cultivation were Tk. 230217.27 of per hectar cost of cultivation Tk. 19732.09 and Net return were Tk.50485.18 respectively. The Benefit-cost ratio of the study was found 1.28. Several problems were Identified to the cultivation of Tobacco, but higher prices of fertilizer cost are the major problems. In this areas needs the alloction of the government to solve these problems. Among the suggestion, they told that HYV and drought-tolerant variety would be good for them.