Abstract:
The study was focused on the profitability of production, the contribution of factors in
yield and the socio-economic status of the tomato growers at Mymensingh Sadar and
Gauripur Upazilla under the Mymensingh district. Using a simple random sampling
technique, 90 tomato cultivators were selected to conduct farm-level surveys with the
pre-tested questionnaires. The per acre cost of tomato production was Tk.33751 for all
farm categories in the study area. Total cost was highest for the small farms (Tk.35313)
followed by the large farm (Tk.33083) and medium farms (Tk.32857). Per acre gross
return of tomato cultivation under small, medium and large farms were Tk.61920,
Tk.59520 and Tk.59040 respectively, indicating that the per acre gross return of small
farms was higher than large and medium farms. Per acre benefit-cost ratio (BCR) of
tomato cultivation under small, medium and large farms were 1.75, 1.81 and 1.78
respectively where medium farms gave the best performance. Resource use efficiency
indicated that all of the resources were underused except overutilization of human labor,
TSP and MoP. In the study area. High wages of labor and insect and disease attacks
were significant issues for tomato cultivation.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Agricultural Economics,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka
In partial fulfillment of the requirement
For the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
