Abstract:
Boro rice is the most important and single largest crop in Bangladesh in respect of
volume of production. It has been persistently contributing to higher rice production in
last successive years. Present study was designed to measure the profitability and
technical efficiency of boro rice farmers in selected areas of three upazillas Dimla,
Domar, Jhaldhaka under Nilphamari district. Primary data were collected from
randomly selected total 60 farmers from the study area. Both tabular and functional
analyses were applied in this study. The Cobb-douglas stochastic frontier production
function was used for this study to measure technical efficiency of boro rice farmers.
The major findings of the study reveal that boro rice production is profitable. Total cost
of production of Boro rice was Tk. 88748.85 per hectare. Gross return of boro rice was
Tk. 130904.38 per hectare and net returns of Boro rice was Tk. 42155.53 per hectare.
Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) was found to be 1.47 which implies that one-taka investment
in boro rice production generated Tk.1.47. The coefficients of parameters like Human
Labor and TSP was negative. Where Seed, Urea, and Irrigation was found positive and
significant at 1, 5 and 10 percent level of significant respectively. In the technical
inefficiency effect model, experience, farm size, extension service and credit service
have negative coefficients indicating that this helps in reducing technical inefficiency
of boro rice farmers. The study revealed that a considerable improvement took place to
increase household income of the farmers in the study area and to improve the
socioeconomic conditions with the introduction of large-scale commercial boro rice
production. 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.
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
AGRIBUSINESS AND MARKETING
