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Efficiency of Rice-Cum-Fish Culture in Ghatail Area of Tangail District
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: Received: 23 August 2022 / Approved: 26 August 2022 / Online: 26 August 2022 (14:04:49 CEST)
How to cite: Das, M. K.; Roy, R.; Shimanta, M. L. R. Efficiency of Rice-Cum-Fish Culture in Ghatail Area of Tangail District. Preprints 2022, 2022080461. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202208.0461.v1 Das, M. K.; Roy, R.; Shimanta, M. L. R. Efficiency of Rice-Cum-Fish Culture in Ghatail Area of Tangail District. Preprints 2022, 2022080461. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202208.0461.v1
Abstract
The efficiency of rice cum fish culture study was conducted in different areas of Tangail district with those farmers who cultivate rice and fish together at a time. The study was conducted along 60 farmers of different areas in Ghatail upazilla. The primary data were collected through face-to-face interviews and secondary data were collected through different reputed journals, newspapers, authentic portals and so on. Data collection was carried out during the period from November 2021 to May 2022. Both tabular and functional analyses were performed to achieve the specific objectives of the study. NPV, BCR and IRR method was used to estimate the profitability and a multiple regression model was used to find out the factors motivating farmers' decision on rice cum fish cultivation. SWOT analysis was done to find out the internal and external-positive and negative factors faced by the farmers in rice cum fish cultivation. About 40% of farmers are under the age of 30 and most of them got at least primary education. Agriculture was the main occupation of the respondents and fish cultivation was the secondary. The highest annual income among the sample growers came from the production of rice cum fish culture. The BCR of the production is upbeat and 2.09 which indicates that the cultivation is profitable.
Keywords
Rice; Fish; Culture; Efficiency; Environment; Rice-Fish Culture
Subject
Business, Economics and Management, Economics
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