Abstract:
The present study was designed to measure the profitability and technical
efficiency of chili farmers in selected Shibgong, Shonatola, Sariakandi upzillas
in Bogura district. Primary data were collected from randomly selected 100
farmers during December month. Both tabular and functional analyses were
applied in this study. The major findings of the study reveal that chili production
is profitable. Total cost of production was Tk. 399973 per hectare. Gross returns
was Tk. 707546 per hectare and net returns was Tk. 307573 per hectare. Benefit
Cost Ratio (BCR) was found to be 1.77 which implies that one taka investment
in chili production generated Tk. 1.77. The Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier
production function was used for this study to measure technical efficiency of
chili farmers. The coefficients of parameters like human labor, fertilizers and
insecticides were positive where human labor and fertilizers are not significant
but insecticides is significant and indicated positive effect on chili production.
Others, Seed and irrigation were negative and significant indicated that negative
effect on chili production. In the technical inefficiency effect model, experience,
farm size, extension service and credit service have negative coefficients
indicating that this helps in reducing technical inefficiency of chili farmers. The
study also identified some problems like insect- pest and diseases, use of
fertilizer & pesticide, Scarcity of High yielding seed variety mainly faced by the
chili farmers and suggested some recommendations to improve the present
production situation so that per hectare yield of chili 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
SEMESTER: JANUARY- JUNE, 2018
