Abstract:
The study was undertaken to determine financial profitability and resource use
efficiency of mustard cultivation as well as major constrains faced by farmers at farm
level. The study was conducted in two villages namely Garamashi and Chandanganti
under Belkuchi upazila of Sirajganj district. Data were collected by using interview
schedule from the randomly selected 60 respondents during 1
i
st
January to 30
January,
2020. After analyzing the data per hectare mustard cultivation, total cost of production
was Tk. 48462, Tk. 51411 and Tk. 55435 for small, medium and large farm
respectively. Per hectare gross return was Tk. 65450, Tk. 64700 and Tk. 63950 for
small, medium and large farm respectively. Per hectare gross margin was Tk. 38596,
Tk. 35789 and Tk. 31954 for small, medium and large mustard cultivation respectively.
Net return was calculated by deducting gross cost from gross return and these were Tk.
16988, Tk. 13289 and Tk. 8515 for small, medium and large mustard cultivation farm
respectively. Benefit cost ratio was 1.35, 1.26 and 1.15 for small, medium and large
mustard cultivation respectively. From Cobb-Douglas production function analysis, it
was observed that the coefficients of human labour, seed, MoP and pesticides were
significant at different level of probability for small, medium and large mustard
cultivation farm respectively and the coefficients of urea and TSP was not significant
while the coefficients of pesticide were negatively significant for mustard cultivation
respectively. Resource use efficiency indicated that all of the resources were under used
for mustard cultivation except overutilization of urea and pesticide. So, there is a
positive effect of key factors in the production process of mustard cultivation. This
study also identified some of the problems associated with mustard cultivation. The
findings revealed that lack of credit facility was the 1
st
problem followed by high price
of fertilizers and Lack of storage facility was last obstacle of mustard cultivation in the
study area. Therefore, credit facilities are the first suggestion to overcome the problem.
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
