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Table 8 Profitability of Aus rice production (Tk./ha).

From: Government input support on Aus rice production in Bangladesh: impact on farmers’ food security and poverty situation

Particulars

Farmers’ categories

Supported

Non-supported

Variable costs

  

 Human labour

17,700

17,340

 Power tiller

3705

3705

 Seed/seedlings

4940

Fertilizers

  

 Urea

2470

 DAP

1383

 MoP

988

 Total

4841

Herbicides and insecticides

200

600

 (1) Total variable cost

21,605

31,426

Fixed costs

  

 Land use cost

6990

6990

 Interest on operating capital

1296

1886

 (2) Total fixed cost

8286

8876

 (3) Total cost

29,891

40,302

Return from Aus rice production

  

 (4) Gross return

49,920

51,220

 (5) Gross margin (4 - 1)

28,315

19,794

 (6) Net return (4 - 3)

20,029

10,918

 (7) Benefit–cost ratio (BCR) (4 ÷ 3)

1.67

1.27

 (8) Profitability ratio

1.83*** (0.007)

 
  1. Figure within the parenthesis indicates percentages of farmers; *** indicates significant at 1% probability level