Abstract:
The present study was designed to measure resource use efficiency of onion farmers
and to estimate the profitability of onion production in selected areas of three upazila
Sadarpur, Charvadrashan and Saltha in Faridpur district. Primary data were collected
from 120 farmers which constituted 40 farmers from each upazila respectively. A
random sampling was followed. Both tabular and statistical analyses were applied in
this study. The major findings of the study reveal that onion production is profitable.
Total cost of production was Tk. 258581.00 per hectare. Gross returns were Tk.
512160.00 and net returns was Tk. 253579.00. Per hectare yields of onion bulb was
found 12804.00 kg. Per hectare human labor was used 150 man-days. Benefit Cost
Ratio (BCR) was found to be 1.98. Production function analysis suggested that, among
the variables included in the model, cost of bulb, total labor cos, and irrigation cost had
a positive and significant effect but land preparation cost had positive but insignificant
on the gross return of onion production, except for cost of pesticide & cost of fertilizer
had a negative and insignificant effect on the gross return of onion cultivation. This
study also identified some of the problems and constraints associated with onion
cultivation. The problems and constraints, of course, are interrelated with one another
and hence, need to be removed comprehensively through an integrated programme for
the overall development of onion cultivation.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Agricultural Economics, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka,
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
SEMESTER: JANUARY-JUNE, 2021
