FINANCIAL PROFITABILITY AND RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY OF MUSHROOM CULTIVATION IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF SAVAR UPAZILA IN BANGLADESH

Abstract

The study was undertaken to explore socio-economic profile, financial profitability and resource use efficeincy analysis of mushroom producing households. Primary data collection was carried out from Savar Upazila adjacent to Dhaka along with eighteen key queries. This research was based on field data purveyed from 60 farm house following purposive and simple random sampling technique. Cobb-Douglas production function was applied to determine the effects of premediated cost factors on mushroom commercialization. Test tube specimen/ mother, substrate/ growth medium and accessory materials cost factors had positive significant impact on mushroom turnover. Negative regression coefficient of labour indicated that excess use of labour both type of producer. Fresh mushroom (BCR 3.21) was explored more profitable than mushroom mother (BCR 2.6). The average market prices were attained BDT 200.10/kg (fresh mushroom) and BDT 72.24/kg (mushroom mother). Resource use efficiency of sample mushroom growers was analysed by comparing the marginal value product(M.V.P) of an input with its factor cost. The overall M.V.P of specimen is 11.21 implying that addition of one unit of specimen would have increae gross income by 11.21 taka. The ratio of MVP and MFC of labour wage, prepation of growth medium and accessory materials input resources are greater than one it implies that the resources are overutilized. Finally, some problems were distinguished including environmental stress, mushroom disease & insect outbreak, market price fluctuations, societal superstition and fanatism and higher wage of technical cognizant labor. Introducing different agricultural term loans to the mushroom cultivators, motivating and training the cultivators to produce mushroom, introducing advanced storage facilities, operating as a combined force both producer and government authority, more engagement of women will flourish the mushroom production.