ECONOMICS OF CAULIFLOWER AND CABBAGE PRODUCTION IN SELECTED AREAS OF SYLHET DISTRICT

P Somajpoti, J U Ahmed, M Mannaf, M N Mozahid and M S Alam
Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University, Volume 3, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 253-262

Abstract:

The study is an attempt to examine the economic analysis of cauliflower and cabbage production in selected areas of Sylhet district. A total of 45 farmers were randomly selected from three villages namely Dighirpar, Basantagaon and Paschimdarsa at Sylhet Sadar upazila in Sylhet district. The major findings of this study revealed that production of the selected homestead vegetables were profitable. Per acre gross cost of production of cauliflower and cabbage were Tk. 93860.55 and Tk. 92135.8, respectively and the corresponding gross returns were Tk. 229407.4 and Tk. 230800, respectively. Per acre net returns of producing cauliflower and cabbage were Tk. 135546.85 and Tk. 138664.2, respectively. Benefit cost ratios of cauliflower and cabbage production acre-1 were 2.44 and 2.50, respectively. The farmers earned the highest profit from cabbage production. The results of Cobb-Douglas production function model indicated that acre-1 gross returns were significantly influenced by the use of human labour, tillage operation, seeds, fertilizers, manure, irrigation and insecticides. These factors were directly or jointly responsible for influencing acre-1gross returns of cauliflower and cabbage. Some essential policy recommendations have been arisen which are: input and price support, and motivation and training programmes should be arranged by different government and non-government organizations and public-private partnership should be emphasized for creating scope to improve the overall economic condition of the farmers through homestead vegetable farming.

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Economics, cauliflower, cabbage, production, Sylhet


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P Somajpoti, J U Ahmed, M Mannaf, M N Mozahid and M S Alam. 2016. ECONOMICS OF CAULIFLOWER AND CABBAGE PRODUCTION IN SELECTED AREAS OF SYLHET DISTRICT, Journal of the Sylhet Agricultural University 3(2): 253-262.