Economic Assessment of Farm Power Technology with Particular Reference to Power Tiller Use in Bangladesh

Authors

  • M. M. Alam Associate Professor, Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
  • M. G. Hossain Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
  • M. A. Satter Associate Professor, Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61361/jambe.v3i12.66

Keywords:

Draught power, Power tiller, Technology

Abstract

The study has been carried out to appraise the financial and economic impact of substitution of draught animal power (DAP) by power tiller (PT) in Bangladesh agriculture. The substitution of technology has been assessed under three main farm sizes namely small, medium and large, and the crops considered are rice, wheat and jute. Two on farm financial measurement techniques namely Gross Margin (GM) and Partial Budgeting (PB) are used for this purpose. The gross margins of DAP system at all three farm levels have been found marginally greater than that of PT system whereas the net margins of PT system at the same farm levels have ended with higher margins, The partial budgets conclude in favour of substituting DAP by PT.

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Published

1996-12-31

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1&2 (1996)

Section

Original Research

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