Abstract:
This study was designed to assess the profitability and resource use efficiency
analysis of T.Aman rice farming at Pirojpur district in Bangladesh. In total, 60
farmers were randomly selected for the study. Descriptive statistics, activity
budgets, Cobb-Douglas production function models were employed to achieve the
objectives of the study. The estimated total variable costs, fixed cost, and
operating costs for T.Aman rice per hectare were found to be Tk. 42679 , Tk.
13423 and Tk. 1423 respectively whereas total cost, total return, and net return
were measured Tk. 56102 , Tk.74400, and Tk. 18298 respectively. This study
calculated benefit cost ratio which was 1.32 for T.Aman rice. It was observed that
the coefficient of human labor, seed, insecticide, and education was positive and
had significant impacts on gross returns of T. Aman rice production. In the study
area seed, and gypsum were underutilized which used should be increased to
attain more productivity and human labour, urea, TSP, and MoP were over
utilized these variable used should be decreased to attain the optimum
productivity. In the study area farmers appeared some barriers such as lack of
labor, lack of money, lack of market for selling products, lack of education, poor
agricultural extension service delivery, lack of knowledge, etc. About 93 % of
farmers mentioned the low price of rice and 47% of farmers mentioned a lack of
money. This study suggests to ensure financial support, extension services and
marketing facilities towards increasing productivity resources use efficiency for
T.Aman rice in Bangladesh
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
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
