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Profitability and productivity of drought tolerant Aus rice variety Binadhan-19

in some areas of Bangladesh
1* 2 3 3 1
R. Sultana , M. H. Rahman , M. R. Haque , M. M. A. Sarkar and S. Islam
1
Scientific Officer, Agricultural Economics Division, Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), Mymensingh, BANGLADESH
2Principal Scientific Officer, Agricultural Economics Division, BINA, Mymensingh, BANGLADESH
3
Senior Scientific Officer, Agricultural Economics Division, BINA, Mymensingh,
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BANGLADESH Corresponding author’s E-mail: [email protected]
ARTICLE HISTORY ABSTRACT
Received: 18 October 2021 The present study was conducted in five districts namely Mymensingh, Ranpur, Pabna,
Revised received: 30 November 2021 Rajshahi and Chapainwabganj in Bangladesh. The objectives of the study were i) to identify
Accepted: 19 December 2021 the socio-economic characteristics of Aus rice growers; ii) to estimate profitability and
productivi-ty of Binadhan-19 in the study areas; and iii) to find out the major preferences and
constraints for the variety cultivation. A total of 200 farmers were randomly selected (40 from
Keywords
each location) to collect the data with a pre-designed questionnaire. The distribution of the
Aus rice
farmers by age showed that the mean age for Binadhan-19 cultivated farmers was 38 years.
Binadhan-19
In the study areas among the farmer 86% was educated. Farmers average experience was
Preferences and constraints
20 year and income were Tk. 235066 (USD 2611.84) per year. Per hectare average yield of
Profitability
Productivity rice was 1.37 ton. It was estimated that, to produce one kilogram of rice, total cost incurred
was Tk. 14 where per kg average selling price of rice was Tk. 17. The average gross return
and gross mar-gin of rice cultivation were found Tk. 90679 (USD 1007.54)/ha and Tk. 51290
(USD 559.88)/ ha, respectively. Per hectare average net return was Tk. 2459 (USD 27.32)
which was found to be highest in Chapainwabganj Tk. 29739 (USD 330.43) and lowest in
Rangpur Tk. 12692 (USD 141.02) district. BCR on total cost basis was found 1.37. The
highest preference was for neat rice 98% and the highest constrain said by the farmer was
crop destroy by animal and bird of paddy for early ripening in Binadhan-19 cultivation.

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INTRODUCTION 15.92 million hectares about 60 percent of the total land area
which is contributing to feed 160 million people in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, Agriculture plays a leading role in the develop- (BBS, 2020). The country has a favorable natural environment for
ment and stability of the economy. Agriculture has been the crop production. Of the arable land, 13.39 percent is under single
mainstay of Bangladesh economy, contributing 13.38% to the cropping, 25.57 percent double cropping, 11.5 percent triple
gross domestic product (GDP) and generating employment for cropping, 0.10 quadruple cropping and 2.86 percent cur-rently
about 41% of total labour force (Rahman et al., 2020). The popu- fallow land (BBS, 2020). Rice alone constitutes about 93% of the
lation of Bangladesh will increase to 202 million by 2050 (Timsina total food grains produced annually in the country. A ris-ing
et al., UN, 2018). Therefore, the country needs to produce number of improved technologies/management has been
additional food grains by 2050 to meet the demand. Besides, a developed and promoted in recent decades to address a diverse
large number of studies projected that climate change is likely set of goals which directly benefit farmers (World Bank, 2007);
adversely affected on crops production in the century in these include genetic improvements (Evenson and Gollin, 2003b),
Bangladesh (Kabir et al., 2017). The arable land in Bangladesh is irrigation management techniques (Pereira et al., 2002),
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improved/integrated pest management strategies (Pingali and π = Pm* Ym+Pb* Yb-Σ (Pxi * Xi)-TFC
Rosengrant, 1994; Susmita et al., 2007), and climate-resilient
(climate-smart) technologies (Khatri-Chhetri et al., 2019). The Where, π = Net return; Pm = Price of main product per units
North-West (NW) region of Bangladesh produces over 1/3 of Ym = Total quantity of main product; Pb = Price of by-product
the of the country’s total rice despite covering only 23.5% of per unit; Yb = Quantity of by-product; Pxi = Price of ith input
the country’s total area. per unit used for Binadhan-19 production; Xi = Quantity of the
Increasing agricultural productivity through the adoption and ith input used for Binadhan-19 production TFC = Total fixed
diffusion of improved agricultural technologies and practices cost
has been considered one of the viable means for achieving i = 1, 2, 3............................n (number of input)
eco-nomic growth and agricultural transformation in the face of
natural resource scarcity and climate uncertainty in low-income The estimation of Interest on operating capital (IOC) was as
countries like Nepal (Evenson and Gollin, 2003a; Gollin, 2010). follows:
To combat with future challenge of food security Bangladesh Interest on OC = AI × i × t
Institute of Nuclear Agriculture developed climate resilient/
drought tolerant rice variety Binadhan-19. This variety invented Where, AI = (Total investment)/2; I = Rate of interest per
from drought tolerant Nerika-10 variety tree growth stops annum (%); and t = Period of rice production (in month).
during severe drought. Again, when the favorable environment
comes, it is able to give normal yield by completing the rapid Land preparation
increase Suitable for cultivation in Aus and Aman seasons Land preparation included, ploughing, laddering, pit preparation
direct planting (doubling) is suitable in rain dependent and other activities needed to make the soil suitable for planta-tion
conditions all over the country including Barind and hilly areas. of seedling. In the study areas, all the farmers ploughed their land
Irrigation water is affordable and lifespan is 95-105 days. The with the help of power tiller and tractor and the num-ber of
average yield in Aus season is 3.84 tons / ha. And maximum ploughings varied from farm to farm.
yield 5.0 tons / ha. Aman season average yield is 5.17 tons /
ha. And maximum yield 5.5 tons / ha. yield is intricately linked Human labour
with profitability, and yield gains have helped keep rice Human labour is one of the most important components for
cultivation profitable, especially after 2005 in Bangladesh crop cultivation. Machine power could not replace human
(Sayeed et al., 2018). The rice is slender and long. Therefore, labour fully for cultivation till now in our country. Farmers used
this variety can be one of the important climate resilient rice both fami-lies supplied and hired labour. Family labour
varieties to combat in future with respect to climate change. includes the opera-tor himself and other working member of
the family, while the hired labour includes permanent hired
MATERIALS AND METHODS labour, labour employed on monthly contract basis, casual
labour and labour employed on the other contract basis.
The study was conducted in five districts of Bangladesh. These
were Mymensingh, Ranpur, Pabna, Rajshahi and Chapa- Seed
inwabganj. The areas were selected purposively where Binadhan- Most of the farmers collect seeds from research office and
19 growing farmers were available. In total 200 farm-ers were DAE. Only a few farmers purchase seed from the local market
randomly selected (40 from each location) to fulfill the objectives. or other organization.
The primary data were collected in the year 2019-20 on the
respondent’s socioeconomic characteristics such as age, Fertilizer
education, family size, farm size, and literacy level as well as the Proper use of fertilizer can enhance agricultural production
rice farming practices. In the sampled areas data were collected largely and help to retain or improve soil fertility. The sample
through pre-designed interview schedule. Tabular, descriptive farmers used four kinds of chemical fertilizers namely; Urea,
statistics were used to complete the study. Profitability analysis of TSP, MoP and Sulphur in the survey area.
Binadhan-19 has been determined on the basis of net return
analysis. To determine the net returns from Binadhan-19 pro- Pesticide
duction, gross costs (variable and fixed cost) were deducted from Pesticide mainly insecticide and fungicide were used by most
gross returns. Gross returns (GR) are the total market val-ue of of the sample farmers and applied to survey plot with different
main and by product of each enterprise. The gross return is rates. The cost of pesticide was computed based on the price
calculated by multiplying the total volume of production of an that the farmers have actually paid.
enterprise by the average farm gate price of that product and by
product at harvesting period. For this purpose, the following Irrigation
equation was used (Dillion and Hardaker, 1993). Farmers in the study areas used irrigation water in their plot
from shallow tube well (SRW). Very few farmers followed deep
The equation has been applied for each of the selected farmers: irrigation method for irrigation purpose.
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Land rent Pattern of input use

Land rent is one of the biggest fixed cost items for the produc-
tion process. Rental value of land was estimated for the crop- Pattern of input use for Binadhan-19 cultivation: Farmers
ping period at the rate prevailing in the study area. In this in the study areas used various inputs for Binadhan-19
analy-sis, cropping period was considered as 4 months that cultivation. Farmers used on an average 126 man-days per
varied from crop to crop. hectare of total human labour for Binadhan -19 cultivation
where family labour was 57 man-days and hired labour was 69
RESULTS AND DISCUSSION man-days. On an average, they sowed 37 kg seed per hectare
of land. They applied Urea at the rate of 111 kg/ha, TSP 119
Demographic characteristics of the Binadhan-19 kg/ha, and MoP 86 kg/ha. It was observed that among the
cultivated farmers chemical fertilizer, farmers used highest amount of TSP for the
studied districts (Razia et al., 2021) (Table 2 and Figure 1).
The demographic characteristics of the rice farmers were presented
and discussed according to their age, sex, education, marital Cost of cultivation
status, household size, years of farming experience and farm size
(Table 1). The distribution of the farmers by age showed that the Total cost of production
mean age for Binadhan-19 cultivated farmers was 38 years Variable cost: The cost of production included all kinds of
(Razia, et al. 2021). This implies that the rice farming populations varia-ble costs such as hired labour, land preparation, seed,
were still within their productive age and can still engage efficiently manure, fertilizers, irrigation, pesticides, etc. used for the
in rice production. Rice farming is a labour-intensive occupation production of rice. Both cash expenses and imputed value of
and exerts energy for land preparation, nursery, planting, weed-ing family supplied inputs were included in the variable cost. The
and harvesting. The average age of Binadhan-19 producing study revealed that total variable cost of rice cultivation was
farmers was 38. The findings are similar to those of Nwaobiala Tk. 39389 (USD 437.65) per hectare which was 60% of total
and Adesope (2013) who found out that the mean age of upland cost of production (Table 3). The highest cost item was human
rice farmers and swamp rice farmers in Ebonyi State were 37.3 labour which accounted for about 49 % of the total cost. Cost
years and 39.2 years, respectively. This is encouraging as an of land prepara-tion and land use cost accounted for about
active age implies increased productivity and enables the farm-ers 11% of total cost and ranked second cost item
engage in other value adding activities like rice processing. Among
the farmer 86% was educated which was categories as illiterate, Fixed cost: Family labour and rental value of land was consid-
Primary, Secondary, Higher secondary and above. In the study ered as fixed cost of production. The family labour and land
areas Farmers average experience was 20 year and income were use cost were Tk. 19161(USD 212.90) and Tk. 7536 (USD
Tk. 235066 (USD 2611.84) per year. 83.73) per hectare which was accounted for about 29% and 11
% of total cost respectively (Table 3).

Table 1. Socio-demographic profile of the selected rice farmer’s during 2019.

Variables Mean values
Age (years) 38
Educational Status (%) 86
No education 20
Illiterate 20
Primary 17
Secondary 20
Higher Secondary 21
Above 2
Family size (no.) 6
Male 3
Female 3
Income (Tk/year) 235066
Total land size (hectare) 99
Land under Binadhan-19 cultivation 25
Farming experience (years) 20
Farming as a single occupation 99
Farming+ business 27
Farming+ job 11
Farming + others 24
Training or extension services (%) 20
Received 20
Did not receive 80
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Table 2. Level of major input use pattern of Binadhan-19 cultivation in the study areas.
Districts
Particulars
Mymensingh Ranpur Pabna Rajshahi Chapainwabganj All
Human labour (man-days) 127 131 133 121 121 126
Hired 59 75 85 75 52 69
Family 68 56 48 46 69 57
Seed (kg/ha) 36 34 40 37 38 37
Urea 126 122 99 114 96 111
TSP 106 123 99 151 118 119
MoP 84 83 57 113 94 86

Table 3. Per hectare cost of Binadhan-19 in the study areas (Tk/ha).

Districts
Particulars
Mymensingh Ranpur Pabna Rajshahi Chapainwabganj All %
Variable Cost
Cost of land prep-
6213 6503 6974 8067 8150.63 7181 11
aration
Hired labor 10490 13322 15564 16554 10272 13240 20
Seed 1794 1513 2612 1946 2141 2001 3
Cowdung 2582 2468 1500 5824 3569 1188 6
Urea 2248 1970 1750 1839 1591 1879 3
TSP 3118 3092 2841 4038 3207.34 3259 5
MoP 1384 2220 1239 2018 1154.17 1603 2
Sulphar 111 212 446 636 506 382 1
Cost of irrigation 4019 4604 2186 1190 1033 2606 4
Cost of insecti-
2062 2608 1500 3621 2215 2401 4
cide
Sub-total 34021 38512 36612 45733 33839.14 38743 59
Interest on oper-
567 642 610 762 564 646 10
ating capital
Total variable
34588 39154 37222 46495 34403 39389 60
cost
Fixed Cost
Family labor 18461 17684 12931 19024 27708 19161 29
Land use cost 6955 8778 6680 7879 7392 7536 11
Total fixed cost 25416 26462 19611 26903 35100 26698 40
Total cost 60004 65616 56833 75432 72553 66087 100

Figure 1. Bar diagram showing input level of Binadhan-19 cultivation. Figure 2. Share of cost (%) of Binadhan-19 production.
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Total cost: Total cost of production included variable costs which was found to be highest in Chapainwabganj Tk. 29,739
and fixed costs incurred for Binadhan-19 cultivation. On an (USD 330.43) followed by Mymensingh Tk. 29216 (USD
average, the total cost of production was Tk. 66087(USD 324.62), Pabna Tk. 27538 (USD 305.97), Rajshahi Tk. 22680
734.30) per hectare where 40% was fixed costs and 60% was (USD 252) and Rangpur Tk. 12692 (USD 141.02). BCR on
variable cost (Table 3 and Figure 2). total cost basis was found 1.37 which was the highest in
Mymensingh 1.49 and less in Rangpur districts 1.19. It was
Financial Profitability of Binadhan-19 in the study areas estimated that, to produce one kilogram of rice, total cost
Financial profitability (FP) is based on calculation of market incurred Tk. 14 (Table 4).
prices of inputs and outputs that farmers actually pay or receive
for producing a crop, along with the quantities used of each. Preferences and major constraints to Binadhan-19 Cultivation
Farmers allocate land and other resources in the production of Binadhan-19 is a profitable crop in the study areas. Farmers prefer
different crops on the basis of relative financial profitability. this variety for various reasons. Major of these are shown in the
Table 5. Among the list the highest preferences were for
Returns and financial profitability of Binadhan-19 neat rice 98% and it was the lowest for easy to harvest i.e.,
Per hectare average yield of rice was 4.70 ton and per kg aver- 82%. Among the constraints the highest constrain said by the
age price was about Tk. 17. The per kg cost of production was Tk. farmer was crop destroy by animal and bird of paddy and it
13. The average gross return and gross margin of rice culti-vation was 81% and the lowest was disease and pest infestation i.e.,
were found Tk. 90679/ha and Tk. 51290/ha respectively. Per 54% in Binadhan-19 cultivation (Table 5 and Figure 3).
hectare average net return was Tk. 24591 (USD 273.23)

Table 4. Per hectare return (Tk/ha) of Binadhan-19 in the study areas.

Districts
Particulars
Mymensingh Ranpur Pabna Rajshahi Chapainwabganj All
Yield (kg/ha) 4506 5050 4445 4652 4902 4711
Price (Tk./kg) 17 13 17 19 19 17
Return from Binadhan-19 76602 65650 75565 88388 93138 80087
Return from by-product 12618 12658 8806 9724 9154 10592
Gross Return 89220 78308 84371 98112 102292 90679
Total variable cost (TVC) 34588.02 39154 37222 48529 37453 39389
Total cost (TC) 60004 65616 56833 75432 72553 66088
Gross Margin 54631.98 39154 47149 49583 64839 51290
Net Return 29216 12692 27538 22680 29739 24591
BCR over total cost 1.49 1.19 1.48 1.31 1.41 1.37
Cost of production (Tk./kg) 13 13 13 16 14 14

Figure 3. Preferences and constrains of Binadhan-19 cultivation.

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Table 5. Major Preferences and constrains of Binadhan-19 under different districts.
Districts
Particulars
Mymensingh Ranpur Pabna Rajsahi Chapainwabganj Average (%)
Preferences
Palatability 18 17 15 16 18 84
Fine rice 18 19 18 19 19 93
Neat rice 19 19 20 20 20 98
High yield 17 18 17 17 18 87
Short duration 17 19 17 18 17 88
Less water, urea & pesticide require 19 18 17 16 17 87
Not Shattering 17 19 17 17 17 87
Easy to harvest 17 18 17 15 15 82
Constrains
Disease and pest infestation 10 5 7 17 15 54
Scarcity of farm labour and high wage rate 16 13 15 14 14 72
Low price 13 18 13 14 14 72
Destroy by animal & bird 15 17 16 16 17 81

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