Adoption and profitability of summer tomato cultivation in Jashore district of Bangladesh

Hajong, Pradip; Sikder, B. P.; Mondal, S.; Islam, Md. Azharul

doi:10.3329/bjar.v43i4.39154

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“…Insect pest attack was another problem for lentil cultivation. Because of high demand farmer did not face any marketing problem (Hajong, Sikder, Mondal, & Islam, 2018).…”

Section: Problems Of Lentil Cultivationmentioning

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Production and Value Chain Analysis of Lentil in Some Selected Areas of Bangladesh

Hajong¹,

Rahman²,

Kobir³

et al. 2020

International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Research

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The study assessed the value chain analysis of lentil in some selected areas of Bangladesh. Data were collected from 96 randomly selected lentil farmer, local trader, arathder, retailer and dal miller from Jashore, Jhenaidah and Kushtia district. The results indicated that most of the farmer of the study areas were cultivated BARI masur-8, BARI masur-7 and BARI masur-6 which were popular and prominent variety release from BARI. On an average, total production cost of lentil was Tk. 66373.83/ha, whereas variable cost was Tk. 35404.16/ha and fixed cost was Tk. 30969.68/ha. Average yield of lentil was 1.632 ton/ha in the study areas. Gross return was Tk. 115863.29/ha and net return was Tk. 49489.46/ha. Benefit cost ratio was 1.75 that means the lentil cultivation was profitable. Milling of 1 MT lentil at dal mill then it get 725 kg pulse (lentil) and 200 kg was husk (bran). Marketing cost of faria, bepari, wholesaler and retailer was Tk. 855/mt, Tk. 750/mt, Tk.5295/mt and Tk. 1580/mt respectfully. Retailer net margin was highest (Tk. 4945/mt) but they sold daily average 9.28 kg lentil only. Retailer was the highest value added Tk.6525/mt (44.85%) followed by wholesaler Tk.5525/mt (37.97%), faria (10.31%) and bepari Tk. 1000/mt (6.87%) respectfully. Total value added at different actors was Tk. 14550/mt. Bad weather and disease infestation were the major problems in the lentil cultivation.Contribution/Originality: This study is one of very few studies which have investigated on the value chain, value addition and intermediaries involved in lentil value chain system of Bangladesh. This study also document about which variety of lentil was cultivated and profitability of lentil cultivation in Bangladesh.

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“…Insect pest attack was another problem for lentil cultivation. Because of high demand farmer did not face any marketing problem (Hajong, Sikder, Mondal, & Islam, 2018).…”

Section: Problems Of Lentil Cultivationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Production and Value Chain Analysis of Lentil in Some Selected Areas of Bangladesh

Hajong¹,

Rahman²,

Kobir³

et al. 2020

International Journal of Sustainable Agricultural Research

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“…Farmer used excessive insecticides and fungicides in bitter gourd fields to get better crops and good yields. Farmer used pesticides which adoption was high in Jashore district (Hajong et al, 2018). Jashore farmer spends more pesticide (17.12%) on bitter gourd (Table 5) than summer tomato (6.24%) and panikachu production (3.63%) (Hajong et al, 2015 Cent percent farmer sprayed insecticide in their fields to protect crops from different insect and disease (Table 4).…”

Section: Extent Of Level Of Pesticide Usementioning

confidence: 99%

Study of pesticide use on bitter gourd production at Jashore district

Hajong

Rahman

Islam

et al. 2021

Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. & Tech.

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The study was designed to assess the extent of pesticide use and profitability of bitter gourd production at farm level in selected areas of Jashore district during January-May, 2019. Average farm size was 0.79 ha and average bitter gourd cultivated area per farmer was 0.07 ha. Most of the farmer cultivated local variety, which is called Gajkorola and some farmer cultivated hybrid korola such as Gonggajoli, Tia and BARI Korola-1 variety. About ninety-nine percent farmers sprayed insecticides and fungicides in their fields to protect crops from different insect pests and diseases. Thirty-nine percent farmers used pheromone trap for crop protection. A farmer averagely used 11.19 times spray in their fields and its range was 5-18 times in a season. The average yield of bitter gourd was 16.74 t ha-1 for non-IPM farmer and 16.16 t ha-1 for IPM farmer. The average total cost of production of bitter gourd was Tk. 203984 ha-1 for non-IPM farmer and Tk. 191246 ha-1 for IPM farmer. Gross return was Tk. 389705 ha-1 and net return was Tk. 185721 ha-1 for non-IPM farmer. While, gross return of IPM farmer was Tk. 360828 ha-1 and net return was Tk. 169582 ha-1. Benefit cost ratio was 1.91 and 1.89 for non-IPM and IPM farmer, respectively that means bitter gourd production was profitable. Cent percent farmer reported that IPM technology was time-consuming method and it was not only the measures to protect pests. Int. J. Agril. Res. Innov. Tech. 10(2): 110-115, December 2020

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“…The present study mainly used primary data to achieve the objectives. The primary data was collected from Jashore region (Figure 1) of Bangladesh due to the higher concentration of off-season summer tomato cultivation [6,8]. At first, summer tomato cultivating villages was selected and for those villages a complete list of the off-season summer tomato growers was prepared taking help from local agricultural extension office.…”

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“…Cultivating summer tomatoes in Bangladesh holds promise as a profitable enterprise with which farmers can augment the existing cropping patterns since only small amounts of land are required [6][7][8]. A study was conducted in southwestern Bangladesh to quantify the effect of training farmers on off-season vegetable cultivation.…”

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Impact of Off-Season Summer Tomato Cultivation on Income and Food Security of the Growers

Rahman¹,

Acharjee²

2021

Agricultural Economics

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Vegetable production can help farmers to generate income, which will eventually alleviate poverty and malnutrition. Tomato is one of the most important vegetables in Bangladesh. But tomato production is extremely sensitive to hot and wet growing conditions. Thus, few varieties of off-season summer tomato have been developed and disseminated. Keeping these factors in consideration, this chapter was designed to delineate the impacts of summer tomato adoption on the income and food security status of the growers in a region of Bangladesh. Findings indicated that offseason tomato growers received significantly higher income. Consumption expenditure and food security status of the off-season tomato growers were significantly higher than non-growers. The chapter also includes policy implications for further development of the technology.

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Adoption and profitability of summer tomato cultivation in Jashore district of Bangladesh

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Production and Value Chain Analysis of Lentil in Some Selected Areas of Bangladesh

Production and Value Chain Analysis of Lentil in Some Selected Areas of Bangladesh

Study of pesticide use on bitter gourd production at Jashore district

Impact of Off-Season Summer Tomato Cultivation on Income and Food Security of the Growers

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