COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF BEAN AND BOTTLE GOURD PRODUCTION IN SELECTED AREA OF GOPALGONJ DISTRICT

Abstract

The present study was designed with a view to analyze the comparative economic aspects of the selected vegetables such as bean & bottle gourd production. A total of 60 bean & bottle gourd producing farmers were randomly selected from two villages under Gopalgonj sadar and Muksudpur Upazila in Gopalgonj. Mainly tabular analysis was done to achieve the major objectives of the study. Cobb-Douglas production function model was also used to identify and measure the specific effects of the factors on vegetables production. The findings of the study revealed that the productions of selected vegetables were profitable. The per hectare total costs of production of bottle gourd and bean were Tk. 156434 and Tk. 148183, respectively and the corresponding gross incomes were Tk.305000 and Tk. 242500, respectively. The estimated net return of producing bottle gourd and bean were Tk.148566 and Tk.94317, respectively. The results indicate that bottle gourd farmers received the highest gross return and net return compared to bean producers. Functional analysis revealed that the variation of yield was greatly influenced by the human labour, fertilizers, manure and irrigation. These factors were directly or jointly responsible for the variation of yields. The study also revealed that the farmers faced various types of problems, such as lack of irrigation facilities, shortage of human labour, high price of fertilizers and insecticides, non-availability of quality seeds, low market price of product at harvest period, lack of storage facilities and inadequate transportation facilities.