IMPACTS OF AGRICULTURAL COMMERCIALIZATION ON SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN SOUTH-WESTERN REGION OF BANGLADESH
Journal Title: International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Research (IJECR) - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 2
Abstract
This paper investigates the potential impacts of commercialization on smallholder farmers’ welfare in Bangladesh. The study consists of Primary data collected from 100 randomly selected respondents of Terokhada upazila under Khulna district. The study uses Pearson’s correlation analysis to find out the casual relationship between commercialization of agriculture and household welfare, and Regression analysis conforms the impacts of commercialization on household welfare. The analysis results reveal a significant positive relationship between commercialization and household welfare, with key variables of market access and internal farming activities positively and significantly contributing to improved household incomes and farm outputs. The regression result further predicts a 16.9% improvement in household welfare if farmers actively worked on commercialized farms with better market access and internal farm activities. Therefore, the study suggests that government can equip the farmers with necessary technical knowledge and appliances to commercialize their firms and thereby, farmers will obtain better welfare outcomes.
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MD. TANVIR AHMED
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