A STUDY ON COMPARATIVE PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS OF AMAN AND BORO RICE PRODUCTION IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF JHALAKATHI

Abstract

This study was undertaken to assess the comparative profitability of aman and boro rice production. A total of 60 farmers (30 for aman rice growers and 30 for boro rice growers) were selected randomly from 10 villages of Jhalokati District. Survey data were collected using structured questionnaire in 2018. Tabular technique and statistical analysis were done to achieve the objectives of the study. The Cobb-Douglas production function was used in this study to determine the effects of individual inputs on aman and boro rice production. The major findings of the study were that the cultivation of aman rice and boro rice was profitable from the view point of farmers. The total return per hectare for aman rice and boro rice were Tk. 74848.6 and Tk. 141814 respectively. The gross cost of aman rice was Tk. 59315 and for boro rice it was Tk. 100430.23. Again, the net return of aman rice and boro rice were Tk. 15533.6 and Tk. 41383.77, respectively. The undiscounted Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) were 1.26 and 1.41 for aman and boro rice production, respectively. The results indicated that boro rice production was more profitable than the aman rice production. It was also evident from the study that per hectare net returns were influenced by most of the factors included in model namely: human labor, seed, fertilizer and manure, insecticides and pesticides, power tiller, and irrigation. These factors were directly or jointly responsible for influencing per hectare net returns for aman and boro rice production. The study also showed that farmers producing aman and boro rice faced some problems, mainly related to production and marketing of the crops. It may be concluded that the farmers should be encouraged to grow more boro rice rather than aman rice as a means of increasing farm income through diversification of crop production in the area under study.