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Year: 2002 | Volume: 2 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 190-193
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2002.190.193
Profitability and Resources Use Efficiency of Ash Gourd Production in Some Selected Areas of Bangladesh
Md. Jahangir Kabir, S. M. Fakharul Islam , M. A. A. Begum , Md. Ziaul Ahsan Chowdhury , Md. Maksuder Rahman and M. L. Rahman

Abstract: Per hectare gross cost of Ash gourd production in farmers field found to be Tk. 52140 and Tk 50317, while net return above cash cost and full cost were 44789, 51553 and 27460, Tk 33283 in Gazipur and Hathazari, respectively. The study indicated that selected factors of production have sufficient impact on Ash gourd production. It also revealed that farmers allocated inputs for Ahs gourd production inefficiently. The farmers used inputs excessively and some inputs were underutilized so that there was ample opportunity to increase production by reorganizing and using all the factors of production efficiently.

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Md. Jahangir Kabir, S. M. Fakharul Islam , M. A. A. Begum , Md. Ziaul Ahsan Chowdhury , Md. Maksuder Rahman and M. L. Rahman , 2002. Profitability and Resources Use Efficiency of Ash Gourd Production in Some Selected Areas of Bangladesh. Journal of Biological Sciences, 2: 190-193.

Keywords: Plants, indicators, lead, cadmium, AAS and river

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