Abstract:
The study was conducted to examine the profitability and resource use efficiency of
aromatic rice production in some selected areas of Dinajpur district in Bangladesh.
Besides, attempt had given to examine the profitability of aromatic production by the
farmers in the study area, to identify the factors behind the yield variations of
aromatic rice production in the study area,to assess the resource-use efficiency of
aromatic rice production and to find out the problems faced by the farmers and to
recommend some policy guidelines. Dinajpur district was selected purposively for the
study on the basis of extensive aromatic rice production. A total of 101 aromatic rice
cultivators were randomly selected to conducting farm level survey with pre-tested
questionnaire. After analysing the data, per hectare gross return, net return and gross
margin were found to be Tk. 203570, Tk. 51606 and Tk. 93906 respectively. Total
cost of aromatic rice production was calculated at Tk. 148464 per hectare.Benefit
Cost Ratio (BCR) was found 1.37. Thus, it was found that aromatic rice production
was highly profitable. From Cobb-Douglas production function analysis, it was
observed that the coefficients of cost of human labor, cost of seed, cost of urea,
gypsum, cost of pesticide and Cost of irrigation were positively significant at different
level of probability for aromatic rice production. But the coefficients of cost of animal
labor & power, cost of manure, cost of TSP, cost of MoP and Zinc sulphate cost was not
significant. Resource use efficiency indicated that all of the resources were under used
for aromatic rice production except overutilization of human labour cost and TSP
cost. So there was a positive effect of key factors in the production process of
aromatic rice production. Low yield and unstable price was most acute problem for
aromatic rice production followed by high price and spot scarcity of fertilizers and
pest and disease infestation.
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 (MS)
IN
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
