Abstract
The study was conducted in Bogra and Satkhira districts to assess the socioeconomic status, profitability, problems and prospects of sunflower cultivation in Bangladesh. A total of 100 sunflower cultivating farmers, taking 50 farmers from each district, were randomly selected for this study. About 18% female farmers were also found to cultivate sunflower due to its beauty and easy cultivation method. Majority of the farmers had only one year experience of sunflower cultivation. Per hectare cost of producing sunflower was estimated as Tk. 62,199. Per hectare net return and BCR were Tk. 10,863 and 1.18, respectively which indicated that sunflower cultivation was profitable. Stochastic frontier function revealed that the use of labour, seed, organic fertilizers, cost of irrigation, and land type had positive and significant effect on the yield of sunflower. Average technical efficiency of the farmers was 86% which implies that there is a scope of increasing productivity of sunflower by 14% using current level of inputs by increasing the farmers efficiency. Lack of irrigation facility, scarcity of seed on time, absence of sunflower oil mill and sunflower market, low demand for sunflower, high cost of seed, etc. were the major problems of sunflower production and marketing. In spite of having some problems 18% female farmers became interested to cultivate and 46% farmers of Satkhira district mentioned that their demand for edible oil is becoming fulfil. So there is great potentiality of sunflower cultivation in Bangladesh. The availability of sunflower seed with low cost and establishment of sunflower oil mill is needed to sustain this crop in Bangladesh. Therefore, import dependency on soybean oil will be reduced.Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 41(4): 599-623, December 2016
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Claim · model-written summary
Eighteen percent of sampled farmers cultivating sunflower were female.
- Taxon
- sunflower
Helianthus annuuse0 - Outcome
- female farmerse0
- Value
- 18%e0
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Verbatim
e0“About 18% female farmers were also found to cultivate sunflower”
Claim · model-written summary
Most farmers had only one year of sunflower cultivation experience.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuuse0
- Outcome
- experience of sunflower cultivatione0
- Value
- one yeare0
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Verbatim
e0“Majority of the farmers had only one year experience of sunflower cultivation”
Claim · model-written summary
Per hectare sunflower production cost was Tk. 62,199.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuuse0
- Outcome
- Per hectare coste0
- Value
- Tk. 62,199e0
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Verbatim
e0“Per hectare cost of producing sunflower was estimated as Tk. 62,199”
Claim · model-written summary
Per hectare net return was Tk. 10,863.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuust0
- Outcome
- Per hectare net returne0
- Value
- Tk. 10,863e0
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Verbatim
e0“Per hectare net return and BCR were Tk. 10,863 and 1.18, respectively”
t0“sunflower”
Claim · model-written summary
The benefit cost ratio was 1.18.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuust0
- Outcome
- BCRe0
- Value
- 1.18e0
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Verbatim
e0“Per hectare net return and BCR were Tk. 10,863 and 1.18, respectively”
t0“sunflower”
Claim · model-written summary
Sunflower cultivation was profitable.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuuse0
- Outcome
- profitablee0
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e0“sunflower cultivation was profitable”
Claim · model-written summary
Labour use had a positive significant association with sunflower yield.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuuse0
- Treatment
- laboure0
- Outcome
- yield of sunflowere0
- Direction
- positivee0
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e0“the use of labour, seed, organic fertilizers, cost of irrigation, and land type had positive and significant effect on the yield of sunflower”
Claim · model-written summary
Seed use had a positive significant association with sunflower yield.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuuse0
- Treatment
- seede0
- Outcome
- yield of sunflowere0
- Direction
- positivee0
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e0“the use of labour, seed, organic fertilizers, cost of irrigation, and land type had positive and significant effect on the yield of sunflower”
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Organic fertilizers had a positive significant association with sunflower yield.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuuse0
- Treatment
- organic fertilizerse0
- Outcome
- yield of sunflowere0
- Direction
- positivee0
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e0“the use of labour, seed, organic fertilizers, cost of irrigation, and land type had positive and significant effect on the yield of sunflower”
Claim · model-written summary
Irrigation cost had a positive significant association with sunflower yield.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuuse0
- Treatment
- cost of irrigatione0
- Outcome
- yield of sunflowere0
- Direction
- positivee0
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Verbatim
e0“the use of labour, seed, organic fertilizers, cost of irrigation, and land type had positive and significant effect on the yield of sunflower”
Claim · model-written summary
Land type had a positive significant association with sunflower yield.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuuse0
- Outcome
- yield of sunflowere0
- Direction
- positivee0
- Setting
- land typee0
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Verbatim
e0“the use of labour, seed, organic fertilizers, cost of irrigation, and land type had positive and significant effect on the yield of sunflower”
Claim · model-written summary
Farmers had average technical efficiency of 86%.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuust0
- Outcome
- technical efficiencye0
- Value
- 86%e0
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Verbatim
e0“Average technical efficiency of the farmers was 86%”
t0“sunflower”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors estimated 14% possible productivity gain at current inputs through greater farmer efficiency.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuuse0
- Outcome
- productivity of sunflowere0
- Direction
- increasinge0
- Value
- 14%e0
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Verbatim
e0“scope of increasing productivity of sunflower by 14% using current level of inputs by increasing the farmers efficiency”
Claim · model-written summary
Farmers reported irrigation, seed supply, oil mill, market, demand and seed cost as major constraints.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuuse0
- Outcome
- major problems of sunflower production and marketinge0
- Qualifier
- Lack of irrigation facility, scarcity of seed on time, absence of sunflower oil mill and sunflower market, low demand for sunflower, high cost of seede0
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Verbatim
e0“Lack of irrigation facility, scarcity of seed on time, absence of sunflower oil mill and sunflower market, low demand for sunflower, high cost of seed, etc. were the major problems of sunflower production and marketing”
Claim · model-written summary
Forty six percent of Satkhira farmers said sunflower met edible oil demand.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuust0
- Outcome
- demand for edible oil is becoming fulfile0
- Value
- 46%e0
- Setting
- Satkhira districte0
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Verbatim
e0“46% farmers of Satkhira district mentioned that their demand for edible oil is becoming fulfil”
t0“sunflower”
Claim · model-written summary
Low cost seed and an oil mill were recommended to sustain sunflower production.
- Taxon
- sunflowerHelianthus annuuse0
- Outcome
- availability of sunflower seed with low cost and establishment of sunflower oil mille0
- Setting
- Bangladeshe0
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Verbatim
e0“The availability of sunflower seed with low cost and establishment of sunflower oil mill is needed to sustain this crop in Bangladesh”