Abstract:
This study was undertaken to determine the comparative profitability of Aman and
Aromatic rice production. The objectives of the present study were to examine sociodemographic
profile of Aman and Aromatic rice growers, to assess the profitability of
producing Aman and Aromatic rice, to identify factors affecting the yield of Aman and
Aromatic rice and to identify the problems faced by the farmers. A total of 60 farmers (30
for Aman rice growers and 30 for Aromatic rice growers) were selected randomly from
two upazila namely Hakimpur and Ghoraghat in Dinajpur district. Both Tabular
technique and statistical analysis was done to achieve the objectives of the study. The
Cobb-Douglas production function was used in this study to determine the effects of
different inputs on Aman and Aromatic rice production. The major findings of the study
were that the cultivation of Aman and Aromatic rice was profitable from the view point
of farmers. The gross returns per hectare for Aman and Aromatic rice were Tk.
109578.13 and Tk. 141222.04, respectively. The total cost of Aman production was Tk.
81697.99 and for Aromatic rice was Tk. 80796.12. Again the net returns of Aman and
Aromatic rice were Tk. 27880.14 and Tk. 60425.92, respectively. The undiscounted
Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) was 1.34 and 1.74 for Aman and Aromatic rice production,
respectively. The results indicated that Aromatic rice production was more profitable than
Aman rice production. Production function analysis suggested that among the variables
included in model namely: human labor, MoP, TSP and manure had a positive and
significant effect on yield of Aman rice and human labor, gypsum, insecticides and
pesticide had a positive and significant effect on the yield of Aromatic rice except for,
urea had a negative and significant effect on the yield of Aromatic rice. The study also
showed that farmers producing Aman and Aromatic rice faced some problems. It may be
concluded that the farmers should be encouraged to grow more Aromatic rice than Aman
rice as a means of increasing farm income in the area under study.
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
