PROFITABILITY AND FACTORS AFFECTING THE YIELD OF POTATO UNDER DIFFERENT LAND TENURE SYSTEMS IN MUNSHIGANJ DISTRICT

Abstract

The present study was designed to assess the profitability and factor affecting of potato cultivation in different land tenure systems of some selected areas of Munshiganj district in Bangladesh. Farmers were randomly selected for data collection purposes. The selected upazilas were Munshiganj Sadar under the Munshiganj district. Descriptive statistics and Cobb-Douglas production function were used to achieve the objective of the study. The major findings of the study revealed that potato production was profitable for the year 2022. Per hectare, the average yield for owner farmers (Tenure-1) was 31559.38 kg and for rented in farmers (Tenure-2) was 31931.82 kg. Overall expenses of potato production have been Tk. 2,42265.3 in Tenure-1 and Tk. 250553.8 in Tenure 2. Per hectare net returns of potato production were Tk. 168006.7 in Tenure 1 and Tk. 100696.2 in Tenure 2. Undiscounted (BCR) of potato production consistent with hectare came out to 1.69 in Tenure 1 and 1.40 in Tenure 2. The results of the Cobb-Douglas production function indicated that the gross return of the potato production was highly influenced by human labor, seed, irrigation, manure, fertilizer, insecticide, etc. The coefficient of more than one determination, Adj. 𝑅2 became 0.1252 and 0.1213 for tenure 1 and tenure 2 in the case of the potato production feature. The F- value (2.455) and (2.288) for tenure 1 and tenure 2 shows nicely match of the model. The problems faced by potato farmers were the high price of potato tuber, wages of labor, cost of storage, and problems of getting enough cash for potato cultivation, etc. So efficient policy for pricing, effective production management, and lower input price was required for the highest net return of potato cultivation. For these Bangladesh government should play a vital role in the effective management of potatoes.