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Sunflower Cultivation in Selected Areas of Bangladesh: a Farm Level Study

M. KHATUN
Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division

M. A. RASHID
Principal Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur

M. A. MONAYEM MIAH
Senior Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur

M. S. HOQ
Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur

S. KHANDOKER1
Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The study was conducted in Bogra and Satkhira districts to assess the socioeconomic status of sunflower cultivation in Bangladesh. A total of 100 sunflower cultivating farmers, taking 50 farmers from each district, were randomly selected for this study. The highest 59% farmers cultivated sunflower because of its higher profitability than other crops. Per hectare cost of producing sunflower was estimated as Tk. 62,199. Per hectare net return and BCR were Tk. 15,282 and 1.25 respectively which indicated that sunflower cultivation was profitable. Stochastic frontier function revealed that the use of labour, seed, organic fertilizers, cost of irrigation, and land type had positive and significant effect on the yield of sunflower. Average technical efficiency of the farmers was 86% which implies that there is a scope of increasing productivity of sunflower by 14% using current level of inputs by increasing the farmers’ efficiency. Lack of irrigation facility, scarcity of seed on time, absence of sunflower oil mill and sunflower market, low demand for sunflower, high cost of seed, etc. were the major problems of sunflower production and marketing. In spite of having some problems 18% female farmers became interested to cultivate and 46% farmers of Satkhira district mentioned that their demand for edible oil is becoming fulfil. So there is great potentiality of sunflower cultivation in Bangladesh. The availability of sunflower seed with low cost and establishment of sunflower oil mill is needed to sustain this crop in Bangladesh.

Keywords: Sunflower cultivation, Estimation, Techinical efficiency

Location: Bogra and Satkhira districts

Start Date: 00-12-2015

End Date: 00-04-2015

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Sunflower

Objectives:

To assess the socioeconomic status of sunflower cultivation in Bangladesh.

Methodology:

2.1 Sampling Procedure

Multistage sampling procedure was followed to collect sample farmers for this study. At first, two districts Bogra and Satkhira were purposively selected from Northern and Southern regions of Bangladesh respectively. In the second stage, two sunflower growing upazilas from each district were selected on the basis of area and production of sunflower. Thirdly, 2-3 agricultural Blocks were selected in consultation with DAE personnel for selecting sample farmers. Finally, a required number of samples were randomly selected from the complete list of sunflower farmers for interview.

2.2 Sample Size

The number of sample farmers to be selected is an important question among the researchers. When the population size is known or roughly so and the researchers are careful of the heterogeneity problem, any number (equal to or) greater than the statistically large sample (of 30 sample units) may be appropriate (Freund and Williams, 1983). However, a total of 100 sunflower growers taking 25 farmers from each Upazila were selected randomly from the list for the study.

2.3 Data Collection

The study was mainly based on primary data collected through face to face interview using a pre-tested interview schedule which was conducted through field survey during the month of December to April, 2015.

2.4 Analytical technique

The collected data were first edited and tabulated for analysis to fulfill the objectives of the study. Descriptive statistics such as averages and percentages were used in this study. Stochastic Cobb-Douglas production frontier model was used to estimate the technical efficiency of sunflower producer.

Source of Information: Annual Research Repoer, AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS DIVISION ,Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute Joydebpur, Gazipur-1701, August, 2015

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Achievement/Findings:

Functional analysis revealed that the use of labour, seed, organic fertilizers, cost of irrigation, and land type have positive and significant effect on the productivity of sunflower. Average technical efficiency of the farmers is 86% which implies that there is a scope of increasing the productivity of sunflower (14%) using current level of inputs by increasing the efficiency of farmers. Although sunflower is a profitable crop, respondent farmers face various socioeconomic problems during its cultivation and marketing. The major problems are lack of irrigation facility, scarcity of seed on time, absence of sunflower oil mill and sunflower market, low demand for sunflower, and high cost of seed. In spite of having some problems a good number of female farmers are being involved in sunflower cultivation and 46% farmers of Satkhira district mentioned that their demand for edible oil is becoming fulfil. So there is great potentiality of sunflower cultivation in Bangladesh. The availability of improved seed with low cost and establishment of sunflower oil crushing mill is needed to sustain sunflower cultivation in Bangladesh.

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