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Problems and Prospects of Potato Cultivation in Bangladesh

Muktasha Deena Chowdhury
Lecturer (Statistics)
Asian University of Bangladesh, BANGLADESH

Anupam Hayath Chowdhury
Lecturer (Mathematics)
Asian University of Bangladesh, BANGLADESH

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Bangladesh is predominantly an agricultural country. Agriculture is the indispensable culture of Bangladesh. Agriculture has an enceinte contribution to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of the country. Earlier more than 50% of GDP came from this sector. Various types of crops are produced in this country. These crops can be categorized into two; food crops and cash crops. Potato is one of the food-stuff of most people of the world as well as Bangladesh. The potato crop is being treated as the foremost crop. This research was conducted to find out the problems that the farmers face in cultivation and to study the trend of production of potatoes and the relationship between production and export of potatoes of Bangladesh. The study also aims to show the estimates of potatoes per division in Bangladesh and thus to help in showing its prospects. This research is quantitative in nature. Data were collected from both primary and secondary data sources. Primary data was collected from 50 farmers using the convenience sampling technique with a set of questionnaires designed for this study. Secondary data is obtained from secondary data sources, the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) and BBS (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics). After collecting the data, they were transcribed, tabulated and analysed in terms of the research objectives.

Keywords: Potato, Cultivation, Bangladesh

Location: In Bangladesh

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Program Area: Crop-Soil-Water Management

Commodity: Potato, Chips, Fortified food

Objectives:

The objectives of this study are:

1. Identify problems and suggest probable solutions for the expansion of potato cultivation.

2. To find out the prospects of potato cultivation in Bangladesh.

3. To find out the trend of the production and export of potatoes in Bangladesh.

4. Identify the relationship between the production and export of potatoes of Bangladesh.

5. To find out the reasons for rising the exportation of potatoes.

Methodology:

Both primary and secondary data were used in this study. Primary data was collected from 50 farmers using a convenience sampling technique with a set of questionnaires designed for this study. Secondary data was collected from secondary data sources, Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) and BBS (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics) etc. will be used for the research. Following statistical analysis will be conducted with the help of statistical applications, such as, SPSS and MS Excel:

* Frequency curve

* Bar Diagram

* Pie Diagram

* Correlation analysis

* Regression analysis

LIMITATION OF THE STUDY:

♦ The primary data has been collected by convenience sampling for convenience. So we might not get the necessary information. ♦ Due to the shortage of time the study could not cover wide side areas for collecting necessary information. ♦ Respondents had no written document. Therefore, the researcher had to depend solely on the memory of the respondents.

Problems in potato cultivation– From our primary data, we got the following problems in the cultivation of potatoes:

♦ Unavailability of good quality seed ♦ Lack of adequate funds ♦ Unavailability of quality fertilizers in time ♦ Disease infection ♦ Labor crisis ♦ Lack of cold storage facilities ♦ Low prices at peak harvest period ♦ High cold storage charge ♦ No purchase by the government

Source of Information: Asian Business Review,Volume 5, Number 1/2015 (Issue 10). ISSN 2304-2613 (Print); ISSN 2305-8730 (Online)

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Achievement/Findings:

In Southeast Asia the potato is an important vegetable in diet diversification and an anchor in intensive cool weather horticulture systems. The potato in these countries fills a role in diet diversification and improved nutrition. Bangladesh is the third-largest potato producer in Asia and is among the top 10 of the potato-producing countries (source: The Daily Prothom-Alo) of the world. It ranks third in area acreage after rice and wheat and is cultivated in almost all agro-ecological regions of Bangladesh. In addition, potato ranks second after rice in production in Bangladesh. From our data analysis, we found that in the context of production and export potato has a great prospect in Bangladesh. However, it is a matter of great regret that our farmers fail to get back even their production cost. The cost of production becomes higher, but the price of potatoes becomes lower at the time of harvest. So, farmers become looser. Most of the potato farmers have failed to get back even 30 percent of their investment in the current season, which has created a shocking situation for them. Again cold storage charge is Tk. 4.2-4.5 per kg across the country which is a very high rate, on the other hand nearly 420 cold storage across the country can store 3.6 million tons of potato, which is 44 percent of the total production. Dissemination of market information should be increased so that farmers can get a fair price of the potato. The major problems faced by the potato farmers were lower price of potato during the harvesting period, price fluctuation, shortage of capital, high charge of cold storage, lack of good quality seed, perishability of potato, poor storage facility, the higher price of inputs and lack of marketing facility etc. Proper steps should be postulated by Government to puzzle out this problem. The determinations of the study will generate basic economic data on the production practices of potatoes. At long last it will be helpful to the planners and policymakers in contriving micro or macro level policy for the enlargement of potato production in the country. Potato farming is assuming a greater dimension, however bringing pressure on the government to expand its use as alternative food in the domestic sector as well as to explore it for greater export markets in overseas trade.

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