Abstract:
Leguminous crops like beans play a vital role to meet up our protein requirement. Beans
contain 20-30% protein on a dry weight basis which is nearly three times than that in
most cereals. Among all the leguminous crops, beans are very popular and nutritious
vegetables in Bangladesh. Beans provide a good amount of protein in addition to vitamins
and minerals. In Bangladesh total land area under bean cultivation is 15385 hectares and
the production is 83,000 metric tons during 2006-2007(BBS, 2008). There is a great
demand of bean seeds in the overseas market which may open a new horizon of export of
this vegetables in those markets. The present study was conducted to estimate the farm
productivity of bean production in Muktagacha and Fulbaria Upazila of Mymensingh
district of Bangladesh. Three villages from each Upazila were specially selected for this
study. In total, 80 bean farmers were selected specially for the study. Out of 80 samples,
40 were from Muktagacha Upazilla and 40 were from Fulbaria Upazila. Primary data
were collected during September to October of 2021 through field visit. The required data
were collected through structured interview schedule from the 80 jute farmers. The
secondary information sources were DAE reports, Bangladesh economic review, BBS,
different journals, newspaper, relevant websites etc. Descriptive statistics and CobbDouglas
production
function
model
were
used
to
address
the
main
objectives
of
the
study.
The
results of the study showed that, per hectare average total cost for producing bean
was Tk. 32402.38. Per hectare gross returns above cash cost from bean production was
estimated Tk. 99302.06 and per hectare average net return of bean production was Tk.
66899.68. It was also expressed that net return was higher at Fulbaria upazila. The study
considered human labor cost, tillage cost, seed cost, fertilizer cost, irrigation cost, and
pesticides cost, these six variables. The study showed that seed cost and fertilizers cost
had significant impact on bean production. The study also marked out that bean producers
were facing some problems such as: low price of bean, high labor cost, unavailability of
human labor, farmers not keeping any records of bean production etc. If these problems
could be solved within the shortest possible time, all the bean producers could be able to
earn a much higher profit than the existing level. On the basis of findings, some
recommendations were made for the development of bean sector in Bangladesh.
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
IN
AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS
