Abstract:
Bangladesh agriculture is dominated by rice cultivation as it is the staple food in the country. The
purpose of the study was to assess the profitability of rice cultivation in some selected areas of
Sirajganj district which was conducted at three villages of Shahjadpur upazila under the district.
Out of approximate 912 population (The Population and Housing Census 2011 and SAAO) of
the villages who were involved in rice farming activities, 91 farmers were randomly selected
which constituted the sample. A well-structured Questionnaire was used to collect data from the
respondents. Correlation co-efficient method was administered and nine independent variables
namely: age, education, family size, farm size, time spent in farming, annual income, training on
rice cultivation, use of information source and organizational involvement were considered to
run the analysis. The findings of the study revealed that 90.11 percent of the respondents had
profitability where 9.89 percent had no profitability in rice farming. The value of Benefit Cost
Ratio (BCR) was 1.39 which mean the production of revenue from rice is economically
satisfactory. Among the nine selected characteristics of the farmers correlated with profitability
of rice farming only four variables namely: education, farm size, time spent in farming and use
of information source had significant positive relationship with profitability. On the other hand,
age, family size, annual income, training on rice cultivation and organizational involvement had
no significant relationship with profitability of rice cultivation.
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
DEVELOPMENT & POVERTY STUDIES
SEMESTER: JULY-DECEMBER, 2018
