@article{Afreen:209907,
      recid = {209907},
      author = {Afreen, N. and Haque, M.S.},
      title = {Cost benefit analysis of cassava production in Sherpur  district of Bangladesh},
      journal = {Journal of the Bangladesh Agricultural University},
      address = {2014},
      number = {452-2016-35641},
      pages = {8},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {The present study was designed to analyze the cost,  benefit and profitability of cassava production in selected  areas
of Sherpur district in Bangladesh. Data were  collected by interviewing a representative sample of 100  practicing
cassava farmers, taking each 50 sample from  traditional farmers of Jhinaigati and commercial cassava  farmers of
Sreebardi Upazila. Analyses showed that per  hectare cost incurred for cassava was BDT 41,417.22 in  Jhinaigati
whereas BDT 53,642.59 in Sreebardi Upazila. The  average return for cassava was BDT 103,297.58 and  BDT
159,527.70 in Jhinaigati and Sreebardi Upazila  respectively. Average gross margin for cassava was BDT  61,880.36
and BDT 105,885.10 in Jhinaigati and Sreebardi  Upazila respectively. Results of the financial analysis  indicate that
investment in cassava is profitable since BCR  was for cassava were 2.49 and 2.99 in Jhinaigati and  Sreebardi
Upazila respectively. The technical efficiency  analysis reveals that technical inefficiency effects  presence in cassava
production in the study areas. The  estimates for the stochastic frontier cost functions  parameters imply that as some
cost factors, e.g., cost of  labor, power tiller, seedlings, fertilizer, and interest on  operating capital increased, total
production cost  increased. Hence, these variables are important  determinants of cassava production in the study
area. In a  nutshell, though the technical inefficiency exists in the  cassava production, it is profitable and, therefore,  be
replicated in other areas of Bangladesh.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/209907},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.209907},
}