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022			_a1682-8348
022			_a2312-8038 (Online)
024	8		_ahttps://doi.org/10.3329/sja.v13i2.26570
040			_aMX-TxCIM
041			_aeng
100	1		_93117 _aBaksh, M.E.
245	1	0	_aHow much can smallholders in Bangladesh benefit from summer tomato cultivation? an applied agro-economic analysis of on-farm data
260			_aBangladesh : _bSAARC Agricultural Centre, _c2015.
500			_aPeer review
500			_aOpen Access
520			_aCultivating summer (monsoon season) tomatoes in Bangladesh holds promise as a profitable enterprise with which farmers can augment existing cropping patterns, since only small amounts of land are required. Using on-farm production data collected from 18farmers in Jessore District,gross margin and other economic indicators were estimated. Results indicate that, with careful management implemented early in the crop season, small farmers can earn impressive profits if they harvest summer tomatoes at least twice (two fruiting stages). With an average gross margin equivalent to US$13,737 ha-1 , for example, a smallholder that owns or leases only 0.028 ha (approximately 7 decimals) could earn more than US$ 350. In addition a very high rate of return over investment (5.66) was calculated for farmers harvesting four times during the seven month cultivation period. Nevertheless, additional research remains to fine-tune farmers’ management of the summer tomato crop in order increase profits further by lowering the costs associated with key inputs (e.g., more efficient hormone application), or by utilizing the inputs more effectivetly (e.g., timing the spraying of hormones to coincide fruitsetting with periods of high demand). Since summer grown tomatoes are also disease and pest risk prone, the development of effective integrated pest mangement strategies are also required in order to reduce the high level of chemical use observed.
526			_dNon-CRP
536			_aSocioeconomics Program
536			_aSustainable Intensification Program
546			_aText in English
594			_aINT3218
594			_aINT3222
594			_aINT3034
650		7	_93118 _aTomatoes _2AGROVOC
650		7	_91763 _aSmallholders _2AGROVOC
650		7	_91139 _aGross margins _2AGROVOC
650		7	_98416 _aProfitability _2AGROVOC
651		7	_2AGROVOC _91424 _aBangladesh
700	1		_9905 _aRossi, F.J. _gSocioeconomics Program _8INT3218
700	1		_aKrupnik, T.J. _gSustainable Intensification Program _gSustainable Agrifood Systems _8INT3222 _9906
700	1		_93119 _aTalukder, A.S.M.H.
700	1		_9883 _aMcDonald, A. _gSustainable Intensification Program _8INT3034
773	0		_wu99176 _x1682-8348 _tSAARC Journal of Agriculture _gv. 13, no. 2, p. 80-93 _dBangladesh : SAARC Agricultural Centre, 2015.
856	4		_yOpen Access through DSpace _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/10883/21470
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