Comparative economic analysis of pond fish production in Mymensingh and Jessore Districts, Bangladesh
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Date
2004
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The study was conducted to determine the cost, return and relative profitability ofpond fish production of Mymensingh and Jessore districts. A total of 75 ponds wereselected on the basis of purposive random sampling technique from 7 villages under 2Upazila (Trishal and Gouripur) of Mymensingh districts and 8 villages under 4Upazila (Monimmpur, Jhikorgacha, Chowgacha and Sadar) of Jessore district. It wasfound that per hectare per year gross cost of pond fish production in Mymensingh andJessore were Tk 333457.75 and Tk 54327.74, while gross return were Tk 434131.16 andTk. 96640.00 and net return were Tk 100673.41 and Tk. 42312.26, respectively. Thefindings of this study revealed that the pond fish production in Jessore district wasmore profitable than that of Mymensingh district. Cobb-Douglas production functionwas applied to realize the specific effect of the factors on pond fish production. Out ofsix variables included in the function three variables had positive impact on returnfrom pond fish production, in Mymensingh district but five variables had positiveimpact on return from pond fish production in Jessore districtJournal
Bangladesh Journal of Fisheries ResearchVolume
8Issue/Article Nr
2Page Range
151-156Collections