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Impact of Partial Mechanization on Farm Productivity, Income and Employment Generation: a Case of Trisal Upazila in Mymensingh District

M. Monjurul Amin
Research Officer, Fish Demand Supply Project of the WorldFish Centre, Penang, Malaysia under the Bureau of Socioeconomic Research and Training, Bangladesh Agricultural University(BAU), Mymensingh.

M. T. H. Miah
Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, BAU, Mymensingh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

This study has examined the impact of partial mechanization on crop productivity, income and employment generation in Trisal Upazila of Mymensingh district. Gittinger's methodology (1994) was followed to appraise the profitability of the concerned equipment. The activity budget was used to find out the profitability of MV Boro paddy producing farmers considering `with' and `without' situations. The general findings of the study were that the investments in the selected mechanical equipment were profitable. The sensitivity analysis suggested that the profitability of the concerned equipment, as expected, was highly correlated with 10 percent increase in O& M costs and/or 10 percent decrease in benefits. The results revealed that the individual users and owner-cum-users group earned more income than the non-users group of mechanical equipment. It was also found that the per hectare labor use in MV Boro paddy production in equipment user groups was lesser than that of non-users group. This implied that there was a negative impact of partial mechanization on employment with respect to MV Boro production. However, multiple uses of mechanical equipment created more non-farm employment opportunities in rural Bangladesh like repairing workshop, driving and operating of DSSTWs, PTs etc., shops for equipment,,-spare-parts, fertilizers, diesel, insecticides and transformations.

Keywords: Impact,Mechinization, Farm productivity, Income, Employment

Location: Trisal Upazila of Mymensingh district.

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Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Performance evaluation

Objectives:

1.To assess the profitability of using some major farm power equipment;

2.To evaluate the socio-economic impacts of adopting small-scale mechanization on modern variety (MV) Boro production, employment and income;

3.To suggest some policy guidelines/recommendations.

Methodology:

Gittinger's methodology (1994) was followed to appraise the profitability of the concerned equipment. The activity budget was used to find out the profitability of MV Boro paddy producing farmers considering `with' and `without' situations.

Source of Information: Bangladesh J. Agric. Econs. XXIV, 1 & 2(2001) 101-111

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Achievement/Findings:

The general findings of the study were that the investments in the selected mechanical equipment were profitable. The sensitivity analysis suggested that the profitability of the concerned equipment, as expected, was highly correlated with 10 percent increase in O& M costs and/or 10 percent decrease in benefits. The results revealed that the individual users and owner-cum-users group earned more income than the non-users group of mechanical equipment. It was also found that the per hectare labor use in MV Boro paddy production in equipment user groups was lesser than that of non-users group. This implied that there was a negative impact of partial mechanization on employment with respect to MV Boro production. However, multiple uses of mechanical equipment created more non-farm employment opportunities in rural Bangladesh like repairing workshop, driving and operating of DSSTWs, PTs etc., shops for equipment,,-spare-parts, fertilizers, diesel, insecticides and transformations.

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