http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/4728 2026-04-15T00:17:39Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/4867 PROFITABILITY AND TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF BORO RICE CULTIVATION IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF NETROKONA DISTRICT RONY, MARJIA AKTER Bangladesh is predominantly an agricultural country. The dominant food crop in Bangladesh is rice, accounting 75 percent of agricultural land use. The purpose of the study was to describe the socio-economic characteristics; to examine the profitability and technical efficiency and to identify problem faced by the farmers in boro rice production in the study area. Primary data were collected from randomly selected 60 farmers from six villages under Durgapur upazila of Netrokona district. Both tabular and statistical analyses were applied in this study. The study revealed that boro rice production is profitable. The cost of production of boro rice was Tk. 112725.01 per hectare. Gross return of boro rice was Tk. 138000 per hectare, gross margin of boro rice was Tk.58619.39 per hectare and that of net return was Tk. 25274.99 per hectare. Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) was 1.22 which implies that a boro rice producer could earn Tk 1.22 with the investment of Tk 1.00. The Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production function was used for this study to measure technical efficiency of boro rice producers. The coefficients of parameters like hired labor, urea and insecticide were negative, where family labor, machinery and MoP were found positive. The study also identified some problems and constraints faced by the boro rice farmers and suggested some recommendations to improve the present production situation so that yield of boro rice would possibly be increased. A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Agricultural Economics Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka In partial fulfillment of the requirements For the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/4866 ECONOMIC STUDY ON LENTIL AND MUNG BEAN PRODUCTION IN SELECTED DISTRICTS OF BANGLADESH SULTANA, MONIRA Lentil and mung bean have been playing very crucial role to ensure food and nutrition security in Bangladesh. Presently, more than two-third of its annual demand are fulfilled by overseas imports. Besides proper utilization of domestic resources, to achieve self-sufficiency, national production enhancement of these pulses has been emphasized. This study was conducted in Madaripur and Faridpur district of Bangladesh to estimate the financial and economic profitability of lentil and mung bean cultivation and to assess its comparative advantage in domestic production. Required primary data for this study were collected from 120 respondents during March to April, 2021. To analyze data, descriptive statistics and policy analysis matrix (PAM) were applied. Findings of the study reveals that per hectare yield of lentil and mung bean were 1.22 and 0.81 metric ton (MT), respectively. Financial analysis shows that the net return of lentil and mung bean production were Tk. 41497 and Tk. 24626 per hectare with a benefit cost ratio (BCR) of 1.66 and 1.63, respectively. The economic profitability of lentil and mung bean production were Tk. 17001/MT and Tk. 13396/MT, respectively. Domestic resource cost (DRC) analysis reveals that both the lentil (DRC = 0.66) and mung bean (DRC = 0.72) had a comparative advantage in domestic production for import substitution. Policy analysis matrix under import parity price suggests also that government policies were favourable to the domestic producers. Findings of the ratio indicators under import parity condition (NPCO, NPCI, EPC and PCR) further show that existing policy environment tends to protect the interest of the lentil and mung bean producers at production level. So, numerous policy supports are there for the producers. For further achievement, government should strengthen the ongoing input and output supports. Input market monitoring, farmers awareness rising, technology oriented training and further research for successful adoption of pulse crops in between the rice based cropping patterns are also warranted. A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Agricultural Economics Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/4749 FINANCIAL PROFITABILITY AND RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY OF ONION CULTIVATION IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF FARIDPUR DISTRICT IN BANGLADESH HASAN, MESHKAT The present study was designed to measure resource use efficiency of onion farmers and to estimate the profitability of onion production in selected areas of three upazila Sadarpur, Charvadrashan and Saltha in Faridpur district. Primary data were collected from 120 farmers which constituted 40 farmers from each upazila 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. 258581.00 per hectare. Gross returns were Tk. 512160.00 and net returns was Tk. 253579.00. Per hectare yields of onion bulb was found 12804.00 kg. Per hectare human labor was used 150 man-days. Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) was found to be 1.98. Production function analysis suggested that, among the variables included in the model, cost of bulb, total labor cos, and irrigation cost had a positive and significant effect but land preparation cost had positive but insignificant on the gross return of onion production, except for cost of pesticide & cost of fertilizer had a negative and insignificant effect on the gross return of onion cultivation. This study also identified some of the problems and constraints associated with onion cultivation. The problems and constraints, of course, are interrelated with one another and hence, need to be removed comprehensively through an integrated programme for the overall development of onion cultivation. A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS SEMESTER: JANUARY-JUNE, 2021 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z http://localhost:8080/handle/123456789/4748 FOOD SECURITY STATUS OF FISHING HOUSHOLDS IN KISHOREGANJ RAHAMAN, MD. MAKSODUR Food security is mostly important for all the living people especially in the rural or under developed area where people are not conscious about food and nutrition. The study briefs out the existing issues of food security in haor area of Nikli Upzila. The overall objectives of this study were to examine the present socioeconomic status of the fishing household, which factors were constraints for food security and identified the problems of accessing foods in Nikli Upazila of Kishoreganj district. A total of 110 sample respondents were interviewed by using simple random sampling techniques. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Socioeconomic status and problems faced by the respondents were assessed by using descriptive statistics and presented in tabular form. The extent of dietary diversity which was used to assess the food security status was assessed using descriptive statistics also. The factor determining the food security status of the small scale fishing community at Nikli Upazila was assessed using binary logistic regression analysis. After analyzing the respondent data, result showed that the average family size of sample households was 5.32 and 69.09 % of the survey respondents were found to have no education. Besides among the respondents 59.09 % hold yearly income from BDT 160000-190000. After analyzing, it was found majority of the expenditure spent on food items which hold 55.3 % of total cost. The result showed that age of the respondent, food expenditure, education, access to information having loan were significant factors those affect food security status of the fishing households. Various issues like climate change, population growth, increasing cost of food, uncontrolled market etc. were found to be encountered by respondents in the research region when attempting to obtain food. The respondents ranked the increasing cost of food items as the most serious problem among the six challenges. Therefore, it is highly needed to emphasis government support to ensure the food security. A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of Agribusiness Management in partial fulfilment of the requirement For the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z