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Profitability of Green Leaf Cultivation in Some Selected Areas of Panchagarh District in Bangladesh

Jiban Krishna Saha
Department of Agricultural Finance and Banking, Sylhet Agricultural University, Sylhet - 3100, Bangladesh

Mohammad Ataur Rahman
Department of Agricultural Finance and Banking, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh - 2202, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The tea industry has the potentiality of the transform of socioeconomic conditions of rural Bangladesh which provides ample for self-employment of unemployed youth. The present study examines the socioeconomic characteristics, cultural practices and profitability of green leaf cultivation of the randomly selected 45 sample farmers from Panchagarh district in Bangladesh. Primary data were collected through field survey using an interview schedule. Some statistical measures like average percentage and ratios were calculated. The study showed that the average family size of the green leaf growers was 4.77. About 72 % of the respondents’ education levels were primary to higher secondary. On an average 100 % of the tea estates owners’ occupation was business while majority of smaller growers and small holder occupation was agriculture. The average size of land holding per family was 12.16 hectares. But on the other hand area under tea cultivation was found to be 8.50 hectares. The number of bushes planted per hectare was 15218. The study showed that on average 71% farmers maintained the plant spacing (3 ft. x 2.5 ft.). It was found that 58% farmers plucked more than 3 leaves and bud. On an average, per kilogram cost of green leaf was Tk.11.60 ($ 0.137) and Tk. 13.15($ 0.155) on the basis variable and fixed cost, respectively. The cost was the highest in small holder while it was the lowest in the small farmer. The average per kilogram gross margin of green leaf was Tk.8.90 ($ 0.105). But on the other hand per kilogram net benefit was Tk.7.35 ($ 0.087). The net benefit was the highest among the small farmer due to lower cost; while net benefit was the lowest in small holder due to higher cost of cultivation. The benefit cost ratio was 1.57.

Keywords: Cultural practices, Green leaf cultivation, Profitability, Socioeconomic characteristics

Location: Sadar, Tetulia and Atwari upazilas of the Panchagarh district of Bangladesh.

Start Date: 00-10-2016

End Date: 00-12-2016

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Tea

Objectives:

To research the socioeconomic characteristics of sample households, assess the cultivation practices, and determine the profitability of green leaf cultivation.

Methodology:

Samples of 45 green leaf growers were selected randomly from Sadar, Tetulia and Atwari upazilas of the Panchagarh district of Bangladesh. The farmers were categorized into small grower (less than 5 acres), small holder (5 to 15.00 acres) and tea estate (15.01 and above). Required data were collected through field survey using interview schedule. Focus group discussion and observation techniques also were used for collecting relevant information. A stratified random sampling technique was followed in this study. Simple statistical techniques such as percentage and arithmetic mean or average were employed to analyze the data. The data were collected in the period of October 2016 to December 2016. Data were presented mostly in the tabular form in simple in calculation, widely used and easy to understand. Some statistical measures like average percentage and ratios were calculated as these were simple to understand and easy to calculate. These analyses also included socioeconomic characteristics of the sample farmers, production practices and input use, costs and return of tea cultivation. Per kilogram profitability of green leaf cultivation from the viewpoint of individual farmers was measured in terms of gross return, gross margin, net return and benefit-cost ratio (undiscounted).

Source of Information: Archives of Agriculture and Environmental Science 5(3): 306-312 (2020)

Article Link (Online Journal): https://doi.org/10.26832/24566632.2020.050311

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Achievement/Findings:

Green leaf cultivation is a labor intensive agribusiness and the benefit cost ratio (BCR) indicated that tea cultivation was profitable in the study area. The tea growers in the study area used overdoses of chemical fertilizer than the recommended doses of Bangladesh Tea Research Institute (BTRI) and did not follow the proper plucking practices. The essential practices for maintaining fine leaf and the health of the bush and its economics are to be explained so that quality augmentation programs should be implemented in the field. Therefore, the need of intervention is necessary and can be done by arranging training programs for improvement of skill and knowledge of green leaf cultivation. The respected authorities like Bangladesh Tea Board, Bangladesh Tea Research institute or non-government organizations can manage advisory services for green leaf growers to improve the knowledge of farmers in terms of cultivation practices and related operations so that farmers can maintain profitable tea production over time in the study area.

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