Rice-fish and rice mono-crop production at Gouripur, Mymensingh: an economic analysis

This study examines the relative profitability of rice-fish culture and rice mono-crop production at Gouripur thana of Mymensingh district. The results of the study show that the rice-fish farming was economically more rewarding than the rice mono-crop farming, although both the farming activities were found profitable over cash as well as full costs. In addition to extra earnings from fish, the rice-fish farming produced significantly a higher yield of rice requiring very minimum extra cost for fish. Rice-fish farming also reduced variability in yield of and return from rice

Investment in fish seed multiplication farms in Bangladesh: Evidences of an attractive business

This study mainly evaluated the profitability of Fish Seed Multiplication Farms (FSMFs) having hatchery, nursery and hatchery-cum-nursery located in the districts of Jessore, Jhenidah and Narail in Bangladesh. The general findings of the study were that the investment in FSMFs with hatchery, nursery and hatchery-cum-nursery was highly profitable business. The results clearly indicated that the investment on hatchery was the most profitable than those of nursery and hatchery-cum-nursery operations from the viewpoints of individual investors. The results of sensitivity analysis suggested that the investment in nursery farm was a risky business with 20 per cent increase in operation and management as well was production costs or 20 per cent reduction in benefits if other things remaining the same. It was also evident from the study that the investors of FSMFs had currently been facing some crucial problems, which among others are: problems of inbreeding, shortage of brood fish, incidence of diseases, unavailability of certain inputs and lack of credit

PRODUCTIVITY AND EQUITY PERFORMANCE OF DEEP TUBEWELL IRRIGATION UNDER DIFFERENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS IN CHANDINA THANA OF CQMILLA DISTRICT

This study compares productivity and equity performance of deep tubewells (DTWs) under different management systems (rental, KSS and private). Results show that the command area per MW, and output and gross return per unit of land were significantly higher under private management than under KSS and rental management. However, farmers' gross margin, return over cash cost and full cost of HYV Boro paddy produced under rented DTW schemes appeared to be higher than those under KSSDTWs and private DTWs. As regards the equity issue, it was observed that the produced benefits from irrigation were relatively more equally distributed to the farmers under KSS-D'I'Ws• compared to private D'IWs and rented DTWs. It revealed that private DTWs showed somewhat better performance from the view point of DTW managers/owners, while rented DTWs showed somewhat better performance from the view point of farmers. It is also concluded that KSS managed DTWs showed a little better performance with respect to farmers access to produced benefits from irrigation schemes