PROFITABILITY AND RESOURCE USE EFFICIENCY OF MUSTARD CULTIVATION IN THE SELECTED AREAS OF TANGAIL DISTRICT IN BANGLADESH

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to document the demographical profile of Mustard farmers in Tangail district; to determine the financial profitability of Mustard production in the study area; to determine the resource use efficiency of Mustard cultivation and to find out the major constrains of Mustard cultivation at farm level and suggest some policy guide line. The study was conducted in two villages of Durgapur union under Kalihati upazila of Tangail district. Data were collected by using interview schedule from the randomly selected 70 respondents during 1

August to 30 th August, 2019. After analyzing the data, total cost of production was Tk. 47848, Tk. 57082 and Tk. 64519 for marginal, small and medium mustard production respectively. Per hectare gross return was Tk. 70359, Tk. 75264 and Tk. 75934 for marginal, small and medium mustard production, respectively. Per hectare gross margin was Tk. 44760, Tk. 42804 and Tk. 34678 for marginal, small and medium mustard production, respectively. Net return was calculated by deducting gross cost from gross return and these were Tk. 22511, Tk. 18182 and Tk. 11415 for marginal, small and medium mustard production, respectively. Benefit cost ratio was 1.47, 1.32 and 1.18 for marginal, small and medium mustard production, respectively. From Cobb-Douglas production function analysis, it was observed that the coefficients of land preparation cost, seed cost, irrigation cost, MoP cost and pesticides cost were significant at different level of probability for marginal, small and medium mustard production, respectively and the coefficients of urea cost and TSP used was not significant while the coefficients of human labor was negative and insignificant for marginal, small and medium mustard production, respectively. Resource use efficiency indicated that all of the resources were under used for mustard production except overutilization of human labor cost, urea and TSP cost. So there is a positive effect of key factors in the production process of mustard production. This study also identified some of the problems and constraints associated with mustard production. The findings revealed that disease attack was most severe problem followed by high price of fertilizers and climate change was last obstacle of mustard production in the study area. Supply good quality of seed was the first suggestion to overcome the problem.