THESIS PROPOSAL

AN ECONOMIC STUDY ON RETURN OF

DIFFERENT SIZES OF AGRICULTURAL LAND: A
COMPARATIVE STUDY BETWEEN KUSHTIA
DISTRICT AND NATIONAL LEVEL.
 Introduction
Background of the study
• Bangladesh is a country dependent mainly on agriculture.
Out of land area of 14.96 million hectares, the total
cultivated area of the country is 7.97 million hectares and
its cropping intensity is 172.64 percent (BBS, 2008) which is
the highest in the world.
• The economy of Bangladesh remains predominantly
agricultural. The economic development of country is
mainly based on agricultural.
• The direct contribution of agricultural to GDP is 20.87
percent (MoF, 2008)
• Its indirect contribution including agro-based industries to
GDP in much higher.
 Agriculture & GDP
 GDP From Agriculture in Bangladesh
increased to 10117.30 BDT Million in 2017
from 9922.80 BDT Million in 2016
 GDP From Agriculture in Bangladesh
averaged 8747.38 BDT Million from 2006
until 2017
 GDP have reached an all time high of
10117.30 BDT Million in 2017
Contribution of Agriculture
 Why KUSHTIA?
 Among all districts of Bangladesh Kushtia is one of
the most promising and potential districts in
agricultural sector
 Main sources of income Agriculture- 51.71%
 non-agricultural laborer 5.58%, industry 3.99%,
commerce 17.61%, transport and communication 4.03%,
service 7.32%, construction 1.54%, religious service 0.15%,
rent and remittance 0.40% and others 7.67%
  The region's chief crops are Rice, Wheat, Jute, Sugar,
Potatoes, Tobacco and Betel.
 Main crops of Bangladesh grows in this district
profoundly with the blessings of intense land fertility
and of Padma river.
 Objective
• In my thesis I am inclined to show and evaluate the
contribution of land return of Kushtia in aspects of
national level. Along with that, I also aim to assess
all factors of agricultural products, it’s demand,
contribution in economy, state of farmers previous-
present years and so on. My objective is to highlight
the prospects and potentiality of the cultivated land,
future of crops, scope of grow new crops,
availability and requirement of technology through
obtaining answers of my relatable questions from
the farmers and household.
 Literature Review
This thesis paper will review the existing literature on
return of different size of agricultural land in;
comparative study between Kushtia in aspects of
national level and provides the theoretical background
to know the influential factors of higher production and
future development tools which will shed some lights on
the present and future prospects of agricultural land
return in terms of national height.
Evaluation of productivity of different sized land will be
highlighted of this district comparing to the national
level and reaching to the conclusion regarding this.
 Methodology
 Primary and Secondary both types of data will be used.
 Both Quantitative and Qualitative methods will be
implied.
 A proper questionnaire will be formatted.
 Required data will be collected through face to face
interview of farmers and households.
 Economic model, Mathematical model will be implied if
required.
 Various statistical, census data published by Bangladesh
Bureau of Statics(BBS), other journal will be availed.
Any Question