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TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF POTATO PRODUCTION IN SOME SELECTED AREAS OF RANGPUR DISTRICT OF BANGLADESH (Pages : 5 - 11)

Technical efficiency of potato production in Bangladesh was carried out considering 60 farmers of Rangpur district. The period of the data collection covered from winter and summer season of 2012-2013. The results indicated that the range of technical efficiency varied from 60-99%. The mean efficiency of the potato producers was 88.6% which indicated that they made a production loss of 11.4% due to inefficiency factors. Farmers with 2nd week of December sowing (84.2%) were technically more efficient than the farmers with 1st week of December sowing. So, 2nd week in December sowing have positive impact on achieving higher technical efficiency of potato production. Farmer’s with 3rd week of March harvest (85.6%) were technically more efficient than the farmers with 4th week of March harvest. So, harvest date in 3rd week of March have positive impact on increasing technical efficiency of potato producers. In all farms, technical efficiency was much higher (82.4%) for the farmers who use medium high land for potato production than the farmers who did not uses medium high land. So, land type highly influenced technical efficiency of potato production in the study area. Technical efficiency was much higher (86.5%) for the farmers who cultivate potato in sandy loam soil than the farmers who cultivate others type of soil. In all farms technical efficiency was much higher (82.5%) for the farmers who use cardinals variety for potato production than the farmers who used other varieties. So, potato varieties highly influence the technical efficiency of potato production in the study area. On the other hand, the technical efficiency of vegetable-rice-potato cropping pattern was higher than the farmers who did not use cardinals. So, vegetable-rice-potato cropping pattern highly influenced technical efficiency of potato production in the study area. In the study area, the farmers who contacted frequently with Sub Assistant Agriculture Officer are technically more efficient than whDownload