Abstract:
The study was carried out on the profitability and resource use efficiency of boro
rice cultivation in Sherpur district of Bangladesh using farm-level survey data.
Data were collected from 60 rural households by a random sampling technique
with a structured questionnaire from four villages of the study area. The obtained
data were analyzed by using tabular and different statistical techniques. The
study revealed that the total variable cost and fixed cost were Tk 67583.00 and
Tk. 22252.77 per hectare for boro rice production. The gross return and net return
were Tk. 112575.00 and Tk. 22739.23 per hectare. Benefit-Cost ratio (BCR) was
found at 1.25. Cobb-Douglas production function analysis showed that the key
production factors, that is, human labor, insecticide, seed, and education had a
statistically significant effect on yield. In the study area, some resources were
underused such as human labor, insecticide, MOP, and TSP. Farmers faced some
problems to cultivate boro rice such as lack of money, lack of processing and
storing facilities, irrigation, lack of market, lack of education, high cost of
improved varieties, poor agricultural extension service, low price, natural
calamities, etc.
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
Development and Poverty Studies
SEMESTER: July-December, 2018
