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Land Tenure System and Agricultural Productivity in a Selected Area of Bangladesh

Mahmuda Nasrin
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University,Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

M. Taj Uddin
Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University,Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The relative efficiency of farming under tenancy systems in Bangladesh was measured in this study. Thirty cash tenants and 30 share tenants were randomly selected for data collection through field survey method from Narayanpur and Bhabokhali villages under Sadar upazila of Mymensingh district. The functional analysis of the study was based on Boro rice. The land tenancy situation in rural Bangladesh was explored in this study with a reasonable high incidence of owners who cultivate their own land in comparison to owner-cum-tenants and tenants. A number of tenurial arrangements including sharing agreements were also revealed in the study villages. Share tenant farmers earned significantly lower net return (Tk. 19,252.18) than the cash tenant farmers (Tk. 22,815.89) from Boro rice production. However, Boro rice production was profitable from the viewpoint of both tenant operators. Finally, the study tested and confirmed that all the explanatory variables (key production inputs) included in the Cobb- Douglas revenue type production function model were important for explaining the variations in gross returns under both tenancy arrangements.

Keywords: Relative efficiency, Tenurial arrangements, Sharing agreements, Cash tenants

Location: Primary data for the study was collected from two adjacent villages namely, Narayanpur and Bhabokhali under Sadar Upazila of Mymensingh district.

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Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Land management

Objectives:

(i) To document the present status of land tenure system

(ii) To estimate the profitability of Boro rice and the contribution of key inputs to the production process of Boro rice of tenant farmers (share tenant and cash tenant).

Methodology:

Primary data for the study was collected from two adjacent villages namely, Narayanpur and Bhabokhali under Sadar Upazila of Mymensingh district. A total of 60 farmers (30 share tenant and 30 cash tenant) were selected for discussion and necessary data collection using random sampling technique. A list of various tenurial categories prevailing in the research areas was made with the help of local Sub Assistant Agricultural Officer (SAAO), village leaders and Union Parishad members of the areas. Besides, focus group discussion (FGD) of participatory rural appraisal (PRA) was conducted, being assisted by local leaders to collect data especially for assessing present status of land tenure system in the study area and also to cross check the collected data. Data were collected through direct interviews by making personal visits of the researcher to the house of selected farmers. A combination of descriptive and statistical techniques as demanded by the study was used to achieve the objectives and to get the meaningful results. Various descriptive statistical measures (i.e., sum, average, percentages, etc.) were used to examine the objective. . Two hypotheses: (i) Boro rice production is not profitable from the viewpoint of tenant farmers; and (ii) Production inputs do not have any significant impact on Boro rice production under tenancy arrangements. Profit equation and multiple regression analysis were employed for testing the hypotheses.

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Source of Information: Progress. Agric. 22(1 & 2): 181 – 192, 2011 ISSN 1017-8139

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Achievement/Findings:

There were productivity differences between the share tenants and cash tenants due to the differences in resource endowments. Cash tenants earned more profit than share tenants from Boro rice production. Majority of the share tenants were receiving only half of the produce after investing in all the costs of production along with the share of their labor and management inputs although the picture was different for some share tenants who gave one third of the produce to landowner as rent. This somewhat acts as a disincentive towards intensive cultivation of land. Therefore, the existing sharing system between landowner and tenants should be uniform and modified throughout the study areas. The Tebhaga system should be implemented in all the areas of Bangladesh.

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