H. M. SAMMY1*, M. S. HOSSAIN2, S. AFRIN3, T. H. BEG4 and M. A. LATIF5
1=Hasan Mahammad Sammy, Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural Statistics, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, 2=Md. Shamim Hossain, MS Student, Department of Agricultural Statistics, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, 3=Sharmin Afrin, Associate Professor, Department of Agribusiness and Marketing, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, 4=Tahrima Haque Beg, Assistant Professor, Department of Management and Finance, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207 and 5=Md. Abdul Latif, Professor, Department of Agricultural Statistics, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh. *Corresponding author’s Email: hmsammy@sau.edu.bd
ABSTRACT
The study was conducted at the Department of Agricultural Statistics, Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207, Bangladesh to assess the costs, returns and profitability of pond fish farming. A total of 50 pond fish farmers were selected randomly from Chandanpur and Sonabaria union at Kalaroa upazila under Satkhira district of Bangladesh during February-March, 2020. Both tabular and statistical analyses were done to perform the objectives of the study. It was estimated that per hectare gross cost of pond fish production was Tk.2136878.5 while gross return and net return were Tk¡. 3017973.4 and Tk. 881094.9 per hectare respectively. It was found that benefit cost ratio (undiscounted) of pond fish farming was 1.41 indicating that production of pond fish was profitable. The results of this study helped to know that pond fish production was profitable in the study areas. It was also evident from the study that per hectare net return was significantly influenced by human labour (0.192***), fertilizer (0.0596**) and mechanical power (0.411***). The study also helped to realize some problems faced by the fish farmers in producing pond fish. The problems were mainly associated with economic, social and technical aspects. Finally, as a policy measures, it may be suggested that pond farmers should be provided with, among others, fingerlings, credit, training and reasonable product price for sustainable development of the enterprise.
Keywords: Pond fish, Profitability, BCR and Cobb-Douglas production function.
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