Abstract:
Agar tree (Aquilaria malacensis) is the resinous, fragrant and highly valuable
heartwood under Thymelaceae family.The study was conducted at Baralekha
upazila in Moulvibazar district during the month of February-December, 2016
to determine the existing cultivation practices, plantation profitability and,
problems of Agar tree. Forty agar cultivators were selected randomly for agar
processors and agar tree chips/oil traders from three villages of Barlekha in
Moulvibazar were randomly selected for the above purposes. Data were
collected through direct interview of individual respondents. SPSS Computer
package program 16.0 was used to analyze the data. The number of trees in
homestead of the farmers ranged from 0 to 500 with an average 68. About 30%
of the respondent farmers sold total Agar garden and 70% did not. The farmers
who does not sell garden directly, among them 21.43% is involved in raw
wooding, 64.29% is involved in processing atar and 14.29% is involved in both
raw and processed. Two marketing channels are prevalent in the study area.
About 64% of the farmers sell agar trees before artificial wounding, by
agreement between the agar farmers and the agar-based enterprise owners.
About 36% of the farmers sell agar trees after artificial wounding. Agar tree
dust was mainly used as a by-product for the raw materials of agar production.
The profitability of Agar production (raw) revealed that the discounted benefit
cost ratio (6.55), and the internal rate of return (30%). So Agar tree production
was found to be the most desirable and highly profitable.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Faculty of Agriculture,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University,
Dhaka, in partial fulfillment
of the requirements
for the degree
of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGROFORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
