PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS OF CUT FLOWERS- BASED ON ROSE

Abstract

This paper attempts to study the monthly income of rose farmer’s in Bonogram, Savar of Dhaka district. Rose cultivation is now a profitable enterprise to the farmers, but the socio-economic data and information of the flowers’ are very scarce in Bangladesh. So, the present study is conducted to identify and analyze the profitability of rose relative profitability, potentialities and constraints. Three villages (Bonogram Purbopara, Bonogram moddhopara and Sadullapur) of Savar Upazila under Dhaka District were selected as study area. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were taken into consideration. A total of 50 rose farmers were randomly selected for this study. In this study, both descriptive and statistical tools are used to analyze the data. In this study it found that 88% respondents were married, 10% unmarried and 2% widower. Age of farmers play a crucial role in flowers production and in better management. 60% of the respondents were 31 to 40 years old. Family members were categorized into three groups and these were less 4 (6%), 4 to 6 (52%) and 7 to above (42%). 44% of the respondents were in primary level which was the maximum educational percentage of the study of the selected area. The highest proportion of family members had only one earner and the percentage was 60. Most of the farmers were involved in rose cultivation (84%). Few respondents were cultivated gladiolas, gerbera and a few involved in livestock production in the selected area. Input seedlings are the main investment of a farmer. They mainly bought their seedlings from local nursery (74%) and some seedlings were grown by themselves. Initial investment is the vital factor for any successful business. The highest profit is obtained from rose cultivation compared to its competitive flowers like gladiolus, gerbera and others for rose. Human labor, flowers variety, input seedling, initial investment and market place has positive effect on the monthly income of rose farmers. Lack of technical knowledge, non-availability of HYV seedling, and infestation of insects and diseases are major problems found in rose cultivation. Government should take necessary steps to overcome these problems.