A Comparative Economic Analysis of Sugarcane Cultivation with and without Intercrops in Selected Areas of Pabna District in Bangladesh

Abstract

The study measures the relative profitability of different farming systems of sugarcane production in Ishwardi Upazila of Pabna district. A total of 60 farmers, out of which 30 with intercropping and 30 without intercropping farm were selected following a stratified random sampling technique. Simple cost and return analysis were performed to examine the profitability of sugarcane production. Cobb-Douglas production function technique was employed to determine the effects of some selected variables in the production process. The study found that most of the sugarcane farmers Original Research Article