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Hasneen Jahan and, . and Jannatul Ferdous, . (2007) Economics of using threshers in small holders rice farming : a case study in Bangladesh. [Proceedings Paper]
Abstract
This study was conducted to examine the profitability of the investors of power thresher and pedal thresher in the Kasbe Upazila in Bangladesh. For this sixty thresher owners in which eight were closed-drum power threshers 17 open drum power threshers and 35 pedal threshers were purposively selected for the study. The method of project appraisal suggested by Gittinger 1994 was followed by applying three principal discounting measures such as: BCR NPV and IRR to measure the profitibility of the selected thresher owners. Only financial analyses were done. The discount rate selected for the study was only 13 per cent and 10-year life was considered for each of the selected threshers. It was evident from the study that the investment in closed drum power thresher was more profitable from than both the open drum and pedal thresher from the viewpoints of individual investors. The results of sensitivity analyses suggested that the investment in pedal thresher was a risky business with a 10 per cent increase in O and M costs or 10 per cent reduction in gross benefits other factors remaining constant.
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Abstract
This study was conducted to examine the profitability of the investors of power thresher and pedal thresher in the Kasbe Upazila in Bangladesh. For this sixty thresher owners in which eight were closed-drum power threshers 17 open drum power threshers and 35 pedal threshers were purposively selected for the study. The method of project appraisal suggested by Gittinger 1994 was followed by applying three principal discounting measures such as: BCR NPV and IRR to measure the profitibility of the selected thresher owners. Only financial analyses were done. The discount rate selected for the study was only 13 per cent and 10-year life was considered for each of the selected threshers. It was evident from the study that the investment in closed drum power thresher was more profitable from than both the open drum and pedal thresher from the viewpoints of individual investors. The results of sensitivity analyses suggested that the investment in pedal thresher was a risky business with a 10 per cent increase in O and M costs or 10 per cent reduction in gross benefits other factors remaining constant.
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| Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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| Additional Information: | Perpustakaan Sultan Abdul Samad Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang Selangor Malaysia. S671.3 A278 2007 |
| AGROVOC Term: | THRESHERS |
| AGROVOC Term: | HANDLING |
| AGROVOC Term: | ECONOMIC ANALYSIS |
| AGROVOC Term: | STATISTICAL METHODS |
| AGROVOC Term: | FARMING SYSTEMS |
| AGROVOC Term: | BANGLADESH |
| Geographical Term: | MALAYSIA |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim |
| Last Modified: | 24 Apr 2025 05:13 |
| URI: | http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11112 |
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