Abstract:
The present study was designed to examine economic analysis on profitability and
technical efficiency of banana farmers in selected Monohardi, Shibpur, Palash
upazilas in Narsingdi district. Primary data were collected from randomly selected
100 farmers during February to April 2020. Both tabular and functional analyses
were applied in this study. The Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production
function was used for this study to measure technical efficiency of banana farmers.
The study revealed that banana production was profitable. Total cost of production
was Tk. 193978.60 per hectare. Gross return was Tk. 346923.73 per hectare and net
return was Tk. 286603.40 per hectare. Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) was 2.48, which
implies that one taka investment in banana production generated profit of Tk. 1.48.
The coefficients of parameters like cost of mechanical power, sucker, irrigation,
fertilizer, insecticides and bamboo were positive and significant at different level of
significance, which indicated positive effect on banana production. Whereas
coefficients of parameters such as, cost of human labor and manure were negative
and insignificant which implied negative effect on banana production. In the
technical inefficiency effect model, experience, farm size, extension service and
credit service had negative coefficients indicating that this helped in reducing
technical inefficiency of banana farmers. The study also identified some problems
faced by the banana farmers like insect-pest and diseases, use of fertilizer and
pesticide, scarcity of High Yielding Variety and suggested some recommendations
to improve the present production situation so that per hectare yield of banana would
possibly be increased.
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
