Abstract:
Rice and fish have been an essential part of life and culture of the people of Bangladesh.
The rice-cum-fish culture is an innovative farming system in which, rice is the main
enterprise and fish production is taken as additional means to secure extra income. The
present study was designed to determine the profitability and resource use efficiency of
rice-cum-fish culture. Mymensingh district was selected for the study on the basis of
extensive cultivation of rice-cum-fish. Simple random sampling technique had been used
for collecting data from 60 sample farmers through interview schedule. After analyzing
the data, per hectare gross return, net return, and gross margin were found to be Tk.
240600, 116260, and 131560 respectively. Total cost of rice-cum-fish culture was
calculated at Tk. 124340 per hectare. Benefit Cost Ratio
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agribusiness Management
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
