Abstract:
This piece of research was undertaken in order to assess the comparative profitability
of zero tillage garlic and boro paddy production at Gurudaspur Upazila in Natore
district. A total number of 60 farmers were randomly selected. Necessary statistical
analyses were performed to achieve the objectives of the study. The Cobb-Douglas
production function was used to determine the effects of individual inputs on garlic
and boro paddy cultivation. Per hectare total returns for garlic and boro paddy were
Tk. 274464 and Tk.137828, gross margin were Tk. 94524 and Tk. 42751 and the net
returns were Tk. 53877and Tk. 7383, respectively. The undiscounted Benefit Cost
Ratio was 1.24 and 1.06 for garlic and boro paddy production, respectively. The results
indicated that garlic cultivation was more profitable than the boro paddy cultivation.
The net returns were influenced by most of the factors included in human labor, seed,
fertilizer and manure, power tiller, and irrigation. Farmers producing garlic and boro
paddy faced problems related to production and marketing of the crops. It may be
concluded that the farmers should be encouraged to grow more garlic rather than boro
paddy as a means of increasing farm income through diversification of crop
production in the area under study.
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 (MS) IN
DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY STUDIES
SEMESTER: JANUARY - JUNE, 2018
