Abstract:
Vegetables offer a low-cost source of nutrition relative to other food products.
Bangladesh's climate and soil are suitable for growing vegetables all year round. This
study was conducted in Narsingdi district to assess the financial profitability of
vegetables cultivation. A total of 60 vegetable farmers were selected randomly to achieve
the objectives of the study. Out of 60 farmers, 21 were small, 26 were medium and 13
were large. A face-to-face interview was conducted during November, 2019 to February,
2020 to collected the necessary information. The farm size was arbitrarily categorized on
the basis of the land where vegetables and other crops were grown. Farmers with 0.010.33
acres
were
considered
small,
0.34-1.00 acres were considered medium farmers, and
those with over 1.00 acres were considered large farmers. Mostly descriptive statistics
was used to achieve the objectives. The variable cost per acre of production of brinjal,
tomato and country beans werefound to be Tk. 74260, 61870 and 66680 respectively, and
their corresponding fixed cost was Tk. 13713 and 13094 and 13334, respectively. The
gross margin per acre was Tk. 179240, 155630 and 229420 for brinjal, tomato and
country bean, respectively. The net return per acre was found to Tk. 91267, 80666 and
149406 for brinjal, tomato and country bean, respectively. The undiscounted benefit cost
ratio was 2.88, 2.90 and 3.70 for brinjal, tomato and country bean, respectively.The
vegetable producers in the study areas were facing various problems including inadequate
capital, attack of pest and diseases, lack of quality seed, lack of availability of adequate
inputs and higher cost of inputs.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Management & Finance
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
IN
MANAGEMENT
