Abstract:
Vegetables are essential for giving nutrition, generating cash, and creating work
possibilities in Bangladesh, a South Asian nation that is heavily dependent on
agriculture and is both extremely impoverished and densely populated. To assess the
profitability, contribution of factors to production, and changes in the socioeconomic
status of the farmers, a study was conducted in Rarirchar, Borogovindapur and
Madhaya villages of Chandina Upazilla to examine the profitability, contribution of
factors in yield, and socioeconomic status of tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum)
producing farmers. The study was conducted used a straightforward random
sampling technique. To evaluate the effects on tomato output, the major production
parameters included seeds, labor, land preparation, fertilizer, manure, irrigation, and
pesticides were taken into account. Summer tomatoes produced by farmers brought
in the best profit of the two varieties. Summer tomato gross returns per hectare was
Tk. 1206555 and net return was Tk. 557838, while winter tomato gross returns were
Tk. 825538, and the equivalent net returns were Tk. 204984. The benefit cost ratio
for summer tomatoes was 1.86 while the benefit cost ratio for winter tomatoes was
1.33. The coefficient of determination (R
2
) was approximately 0.68 for summer
tomatoes, indicating that the independent variables can account for about 68 percent
of differences in tomato production and R
2
was 0.671 for winter tomatoes and
indicating that the independent variables can account for about 67 percent of
differences in tomato production. The results showed that the variables for
irrigation, fertilizer, and insecticides had a significant favorable impact on tomato
output for both summer and winter tomatoes. In terms of resource efficiency, hired
labor and irrigation are overutilized for both summer and winter tomatoes.
However, for both types, less manure, fertilizer, and land preparation is
underutilized
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
