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Impact of Agricultural Credit on Boro Rice Cultivation

Dr. BAAMustafi
PSO
Agricultural Economics Divisuion, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Boro rice production is associated with higher cost involvement and most farmers in Bangladesh are poor and small. Consequently, they are unable to accumulate enough capital to buy the costly inputs. So, different Banks and NGOs provide loan both in cash and kind for accelerating the rice production.One such NGO is GKF who provides credit to the farmers in kind. The study was designed to know the availability and relative utilization of kind credit, the cost and constraints of obtaining credit and estimate the benefits of kind credit obtained from GKF for MV Boro rice .A total of 150 farmers who received kind credit from GKF in the 1998 Boro season under Thakurgaon, Syedpur, Dinajpur and Kurigram region were listed first. Fifty-three percent samples from each thana were selected randomly for interview using a predesigned questionnaire. Collected data were then summarized, tabulated and analysed in accordance with the objectives.The Grameen Krishi Foundation (GKF) was very much helpful for farmers to increase crop production providing credit in kind. But, farmers had to pay some more costs to obtain required amount of credit. Most farmers reported that the amount of credit provided by GKF was not sufficient

Keywords: Impact assessment, Credit , GKF (Grammen Krishi Foundation)

Location: Thakurgaon, Syedpur, Dinajpur and Kurigram districts

Start Date: 00-00-1998

End Date: 00-00-1998

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Credit

Objectives:

1.To know the availability and relative utilization of kind credit by the crop growers, know the cost and constraints of obtaining credit and estimate the benefits of kind credit obtained from GKF for MV Boro rice

Methodology:

The study was designed to know the availability and relative utilization of kind credit, the cost and constraints of obtaining credit and estimate the benefits of kind credit obtained from GKF for MV Boro rice .A total of 150 farmers who received kind credit from GKF in the 1998 Boro season under Thakurgaon, Syedpur, Dinajpur and Kurigram region were listed first. Fifty-three percent samples from each thana were selected randomly for interview using a predesigned questionnaire. Collected data were then summarized, tabulated and analyzed in accordance with the objectives.The Grameen Krishi Foundation (GKF) was very much helpful for farmers to increase crop production providing credit in kind. But, farmers had to pay some more costs to obtain required amount of credit. Most farmers reported that the amount of credit provided by GKF was not sufficient

Source of Information: BRRI Annual Report,1998-1999, Page No.222-224, Bangladesh Rice research Institute, Gazipur

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Funding Source:

1. Government

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Achievement/Findings:

The Grameen Krishi Foundation (GKF) was very much helpful for farmers to increase crop production providing credit in kind. But, farmers had to pay some more costs to obtain required amount of credit. Most farmers reported that the amount of credit provided by GKF was not sufficient.

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