M.A. Haque
Principal Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur.
Dr. M. A. Monayem Miah
Senior Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur.
S. Hossain
Chief Scientific Officer
Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur.
The study assessed the level of adoption and profitability of BARI tomato variety at farm level. Data were collected from 180 randomly selected tomato farmers from Rangpur, Comilla and Rajshahi districts. The results indicated that 13% farmers adopted Raton variety, 6% farmers BARI tomato-5 and the rest 81% farmers adopted exotic varieties shobol, hero and others.The cost of producing BARI hybrid tomato-5 (Tk 174266/ha) was higher than the Raton variety (Tk 156337/ha) due to the higher cost of human labour, fertilizer and insecticides. The yield of BARI hybrid tomato-5 (42 t/ha) was higher than Raton variety (35 t/ha). The yield gap of both Raton and BARI hybrid tomato -5 were 56%. Net return of BARI hybrid tomato -5 (Tk 335734/ha) was higher than Raton (Tk 283696/ha) due to higher yield. The net return of Raton and BARI hybrid tomato-5 were higher than its competing crops potato, lentil and mustard. Human labour, land preparation, seedling, urea, TSP, MoP and irrigation had positive and significant effect on BARI tomato cultivation. Non-availability of BARI tomato variety seed at proper time, lack of technical knowledge, lack of storage facilities and infestation of insects were the major constraints of BARI tomato cultivation.
Adoption, profitability and tomato varieties
Rangpur, Comilla and Rajshahi districts
i. To know the adoption of BARI tomato varieties and their management technologies at farm level.
ii. To measure the relative profitability of BARI tomato with other competing crops.
iii. To determine the input- output relationship of BARI tomato cultivation.
iv. To identify the major constraints of BARI tomato cultivation at farm level.
A multi-stage sampling technique was followed in this study to select study areas and sample farmers. In first stage of sampling, three tomato growing districts namely Rangpur, Comilla and Rajshahi were selected purposively. In the second stage, one Upazila was selected from each district for sample survey. The names of the Upazilas were Mithapukur Upazila from Rangpur district, Chandina Upazila from Comilla district and Godhagari Upazila from Rajshahi district. In the third stage, a complete list of tomato growers were collected from each Upazila and finally a total of 180 tomato farmers taking 60 farmers from each Upazila were selected by random sampling technique.Data for the present study were collected from sample tomato farmers through face to face interview method using a pre-tested interview schedule. Field level data were colleted by the researcher with the help of trained enumerators for the period of March to April, 2012.Both fixed cost and variable cost were taken into account in calculating cost of tomato cultivation. Land use cost was calculated on the basis of per year existing lease value of land. The profitability of tomato cultivation was examined on the basis of gross margin, net return and benefit cost analysis. Adoption level was categorized into three: (70-100%) as high, (50-69%) as medium and <50% as low level adoption. The collected data were edited, summarized, tabulated and analyzed to fulfill the objectives of the study. Tabular method using descriptive statistics was mostly used in the study. Cobb-Douglas production function model was used to estimate the contribution of factors to tomato cultivation.
Annual Research Report 2011-2012, Agricultural Economics Division, BARI, Gazipur.
The finding of the study reveals that only 13% and 6% farmers in the study areas adopted Raton and BARI hybrid tomato-5 variety. 49% and 19% farmers adopted exotic hybrid tomato Shobol, and Hero and the rest 13% farmers adopted others exotic hybrid tomato varieties like Bongobir, Nayok, Sonali-35, Apurbo, Hytom, Sathi, Surakha and Jagua. The cost of producing BARI hybrid tomato-5 (Tk 174266/ha) was found highest followed by Raton (Tk 156337/ha), hero (Tk 143143/ha), shobol (Tk 140686/ha) and others (Tk142396/ha) respectively due to the higher cost of human labour, fertilizer and insecticides. The yield of Raton, BARItomato-5, and exotic tomato varieties Shobol, Hero and others were 35 t/ha, 42.5 t/ha, 29 t/ha, 29.5 t/ha and 31 t/ha respectively. The yield of Raton, BARItomato-5, and exotic tomato varieties Shobol, Hero and others were 35 t/ha, 42.5 t/ha, 29 t/ha, 29.5 t/ha and 31 t/ha respectively. The benefit cost ratios of BARI hybrid tomato-5 (2.93) was found highest followed by Raton (2.81)) and the exotic varieties shobol (2.56), hero (2.52) and others (2.64).The net return of Raton and BARI hybrid tomato-5 were higher than its competing crops potato, lentil and mustard. Human labour, land preparation, seedling, urea, TSP, MoP and irrigation had positive and significant effect on BARI tomato cultivation. In all areas 70% of the respondent farmers reported non-availability of BARI tomato seed at sowing time is a major constraint. Others major constraint for tomato cultivation were lack of technical knowledge about improved cultivation practices (50%), lack of storage facility (40%) and insect and disease infestation (20%).
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