Impact of Agricultural Credit on MV Boro Rice Cultivation in Bangladesh

Miah, MA Kabir; Alam, Akm Ashraful; Rahman, Asif

doi:10.3329/jard.v4i1.784

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“…Also, farmers had to visit the respective branch of the bank several times for getting their loan which made them incur a mentionable amount of cost for transportation, food as well as the opportunity cost of mandays for time passes to approve the loan. It is to be mentioned that, Miah et al (2006) also listed the above-mentioned items of costs for obtaining agricultural credit from Grameen Bank (GB) as well as RAKUB.…”

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“…Therefore, when the loan is advanced to the farmers, they use it according to their priority of needs. On the other hand, there are some unwanted costs involved in obtaining agricultural credit (Miah et al, 2006). Therefore, it is needed to know how much is the cost for the borrowers to obtain the credit, how it is being used, and what is the impact of those credits in Boro cultivation.…”

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Is Agricultural Credit Programme Effective in Boro Cultivation? Evidence from State-owned Bank of Mymensingh District

Deb¹,

Sarkar²,

Siddique³

et al. 2021

Bangladesh Rice J.

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High input-intensive Boro rice cultivation needs substantial agricultural credit for the resource-poor Bangladeshi farmers. An investigation was conducted at Fulbaria upazila of Mymensingh district to assess loan attainment cost from Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) and its utilization pattern; evaluate the effects of credit on Boro cultivation, and identify the major drivers of the agricultural credit programme. For the study, 140 farmers were divided into two groups: those who took a loan from BKB and those who did not. Results revealed that the borrowers had to pay Tk 10.23 for getting a hundred taka loan from BKB most of which was an unofficial cost. More than half of the obtained loan was used for Boro cultivation whereas 21% was used for family consumption and the rest (25%) was used for other purposes such as reimbursement of the previous loan from formal and informal sources, wedding and other income-generating activities including petty business. BKB credit borrowers obtained more benefits through Boro cultivation than non-borrowers. The major strengths of the BKB’s agricultural credit programme were well-established infrastructure, experienced manpower, country-wide network, and lower interest rate. Whereas complex and lengthy institutional procedures, the inevitability of collateral and poor institutional capacity were being revealed as the weaknesses of the programme. Prevalence of brokers or corrupt officials and political influence were identified as the major constraints for the loan acquirement. More advanced research is recommended, with an emphasis on agricultural credit programmes, to ensure their effectiveness. Bangladesh Rice J. 24 (1): 85-95, 2020

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Is Agricultural Credit Programme Effective in Boro Cultivation? Evidence from State-owned Bank of Mymensingh District

Deb¹,

Sarkar²,

Siddique³

et al. 2021

Bangladesh Rice J.

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“…Marginal Value Productivities of the inputs are computed from the results of estimated coefficients or elasticities of the farms' production function. According to Miah et al (2006) and Tambo and Gbemu (2010), for farmers to use resources efficiently, such resources must be used until MVP is equal to MFC under perfect competition. Therefore, the resource use efficiency parameter is calculated as:…”

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Improving Soya Bean Productivity for Poverty Alleviation and Food Security in Upper West Region of Ghana: A Resource Use Efficiency Analysis

Asodina

Adams

Nimoh

et al. 2021

Caraka Tani J. Sustain. Agric.

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Soya bean is an important economic crop for smallholder farming systems in Upper West Region of Ghana. In spite of the introduction of modern and improved soya bean production technologies in Ghana, the productivity of the crop in the region is still low. Given that inefficient use of resources is a potential course of low yields, this study analyses the resource use efficiency of soya bean production. Using cross-sectional data collected from 271 soya bean farmers from the Upper West Region of Ghana, the study employed the Stochastic Frontier Translog Production Function as well as the ratio of Marginal Value Product to Marginal Factor Cost to understand the resource use efficiency of soya bean farmers in the region. The empirical results showed that the estimated coefficients of soya bean seeds, labor and farm size were significant and positively related to soya bean output even though fertilizer input was surprisingly significantly and negatively related to the output of soya bean. Also, resources employed in soya bean production were found not to be efficiently utilized as they were underutilized, indicating that yield and profit could be improved with optimal use of production inputs. Finally, the paper revealed that access to soya bean threshers is the most important constraint faced by farmers in the region. For the region’s soya bean yield to be improved, government and development organizations should assist soya bean farmers by removing major bottlenecks to acquisition of resources required for the production and postharvest handling of the crop.

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“…They suggested for improvement in land, labour, training, and easy capital access. Miah et al (2006) explored the resource use efficiency of credit users and non-credit users in modern variety of boro rice production. They showed that both types of farmers did not use inputs efficiently.…”

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Resource use efficiency analysis in strawberry production in selected areas of Bangladesh

Khatun¹,

Rashid²,

Khandoker³

et al. 2019

SAARC J Agric

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Inefficient use of existing scarce resources has adverse effect on food production and production cost hence, low income among the farmers across the nation. Strawberry farming is profitable but costly. So the study was designed to explore resource use efficiency of strawberry cultivation in Rajshahi and Joypurhat district of Bangladesh. Primary data were collected from 100 strawberry growing farmers. Data were analyzed by using descriptive statistics, Cobb-Douglass production function and marginal productivity analysis. The results showed that 41% farmers were 18 to 30 years old. Highest 26% farmers had primary level of education, 61% farmers had small farm, and 69% farmers had 1 to 3 years’ experience of strawberry cultivation. The double log function showed the best fit with adjusted R2 of 61%. Production inputs such as sapling and fertilizer had positive and labour and chemicals had negative and significant effect on outputs. Sapling, land and water were underutilized and labour, cowdung, fertilizer and chemicals were over used. About 37% farmers reported that strawberry plants were attacked by many more diseases. Approximately, 48% farmers reported that transportation facilities of the study areas were poor. Efficiency ratio of the inputs indicates, farmers of the study area were not efficient in using inputs and it is needed to adjust resource use in order to improve farm profit at this level of technology used. The study also recommends that the farmers need training to be efficient. SAARC J. Agri., 17(1): 189-200 (2019)

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Impact of Agricultural Credit on MV Boro Rice Cultivation in Bangladesh

Abstract: An investigation was conducted at Mithapukur and Razarhat upazila under Rangpur and

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Is Agricultural Credit Programme Effective in Boro Cultivation? Evidence from State-owned Bank of Mymensingh District

Is Agricultural Credit Programme Effective in Boro Cultivation? Evidence from State-owned Bank of Mymensingh District

Improving Soya Bean Productivity for Poverty Alleviation and Food Security in Upper West Region of Ghana: A Resource Use Efficiency Analysis

Resource use efficiency analysis in strawberry production in selected areas of Bangladesh

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