A Study to Illustrate the Trend of Settlement Pattern and Changes of Housing Condition of Bhetupara, Mohanpur, Rajshahi
Aftabun Nahar,
Imzamam Ul Khan Shuvo,
Asif Alam,
Abdul Wakil
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2018
Pages:
1-7
Received:
25 March 2018
Accepted:
12 April 2018
Published:
24 May 2018
Abstract: Traditionally, rural settlements were associated with agriculture. In modern times other types of rural communities have been developed. And the Settlement pattern is also changed with time. The study is based on rural housing pattern, because housing is a basic need for mankind. The study area is a village named Bhetupara which is located at Mohanpur upazila in Rajshahi district. The objective of the study is to know about their housing condition and show the trends of changes in settlement pattern. Housing condition represents basically the condition of basic facilities in the village such as sanitation, drinking water facilities and electricity connection. In this paper, he condition is shown trend line analysis and by chart. In the analysis three years data is used to illustrate the trend and compare the present condition in terms of previous condition. The 2001 and 2011 data is collected from Community Series of Rajshahi, and 2017’s data is collected from questionnaire survey and field survey. The sample size of household survey was 50 among 171 households and the method used for data sample selection is random sampling method. The study is based on both quantitative and qualitative data. Finally, some recommendation is given to improve the condition of rural settlement.
Abstract: Traditionally, rural settlements were associated with agriculture. In modern times other types of rural communities have been developed. And the Settlement pattern is also changed with time. The study is based on rural housing pattern, because housing is a basic need for mankind. The study area is a village named Bhetupara which is located at Mohan...
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Credit Availability and Technical Efficiency of Boro Rice in Pabna District, Bangladesh: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis
Md. Zuel Rana,
Md. Yahia Bapari
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2018
Pages:
8-16
Received:
31 December 2017
Accepted:
29 January 2018
Published:
30 May 2018
Abstract: The goal of this study is to analyze the technical efficiency and its determinants of rice production in Bangladesh using data from Boro rice farmers of Pabna district. Required data are collected from 100 Boro rice producing farmers of Pabna district selected using multistage random sampling procedure. In scrutinizing the data, farm specific technical efficiency scores are estimated using the Cobb-Douglas Stochastic Frontier Production function approach. The study found that technical efficiency of Boro rice farms in Pabna district are 92.3% which indicate that Boro rice farms have been operating below the maximum level of production frontier. It is also found that 'ploughing cost' 'pesticide cost', 'labor cost', and 'irrigation' are the significant elements that affect the level of technical efficiency while ''fertilizer cost' and 'seed' are found insignificant in moving technical efficiency of Boro rice production in the study area. Farmers can increase their production of Boro rice by 7.7% given the available technology through increasing the use of labor, seed also irrigation inputs and also by using proper amounts of fertilizer and pesticide inputs. The outcomes from the assessed inefficiency effect model make known that farm size, age, education, training and credit facility are the significant influences which are negatively related to technical inefficiency of Boro rice production. This study provides that steps to raise education, training as well as credit facilities are influential to reduce technical inefficiency of rice production in the study area. Intuitively, in this connection as a long run approach, the investment on research connected activities should be increased to change the production technology.
Abstract: The goal of this study is to analyze the technical efficiency and its determinants of rice production in Bangladesh using data from Boro rice farmers of Pabna district. Required data are collected from 100 Boro rice producing farmers of Pabna district selected using multistage random sampling procedure. In scrutinizing the data, farm specific techn...
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