PROFITABILITY ANALYSIS OF TOMATO PRODUCTION IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF JAMALPUR DISTRICT

Abstract

To calculate the profit of tomato production and the farmers socioeconomic situation in order to identify and assess the profitability analysis of tomato production. Primary data collection was carried out at three villages of Jamalpur Sadar upzilla under Jamalpur district. The study was based on primary data, collected from 70 farmers, selected using a simple random sampling technique. Cobb-Douglas production function was applied to determine the effects of inputs on tomato production. Land preparation cost, seedling cost, labor cost, fertilizer cost had significant impact on tomato production.The average yield per hectare of tomato was 15354.12 kilograms. The average Selling price was BDT 40 per kilogram. Per hectare of gross return, gross margin, and net profit of tomato production were BDT 6,14,164.80 , BDT 3,72,930.10 and BDT 3,50,736 respectively . Per hectare Benefit Cost Ratio was estimated at 2.33. Increase of only managerial skills result in a substantial increase of output for tomato. Farmers faced a lot of problems in producing tomato. The problems were financial and technical. Lack of quality seed was one of the most important limitations of producing tomato in the study area. Lack of adequate knowledge, high input cost, high transport cost, low output price, lack of storage facility were the major problems faced by farmers. These were the major constraints for the producers of tomato in the study areas.