Abstract:
Pangus is a fast-growing fish species that has great potential for production and export growth in
Bangladesh. The study was conducted to determine the socio-economic profile,costand return
and profitability analysis of pangus farming. The study area selected in Bhaluka and Trishal in
Mymensingh district. A total of 92 farmers were selected on the basis of random sampling
technique for data collection in 2018. To achieve the objectives of our study both descriptive and
statistical analysis were done using Microsoft Excel. It was estimated that gross return and net
return were Tk. 2470,560 and Tk. 340,825per year respectively.Benefit cost ratio was 1.16 which
indicate potential profit from pangus cultivation from the study area. Cobb-Douglas production
function was applied to identify the specific effect of the factors on production. Among the
variables cost feed, cost of fertilizer and water treatment costwere positive coefficient and
significant impact on return of the pangus production. The adjusted R
2
was 0.61 which indicates
that about 61%return from pangus culture was explained by variables included in this model and
39% variables excluded from this model. From returns to scale it shows that all the inputs
specified the production increased by 1%, the gross return increase by 5%. From survey analysis
the major problems mentioned by the cultivators were lack of money, lack of proper knowledge
of farming, adulterate feed, insufficient scientific training, poor and inconsistent market price. It
is suggested that government interventions, market facilities and quality of inputs should be
improved to ensure profit from pangus production.
