TY  - GEN
T1  - Economics of using threshers in small holders rice farming : a case study in Bangladesh
A1  - Hasneen Jahan and
LA  - English
PB  - International Ergonomics Association Press
YR  - 2014
UL  - http://discoverylib.upm.edu.my/discovery/Record/oai:http:--agris.upm.edu.my:0-8040
AB  - 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.
KW  - THRESHERS
KW  - HANDLING
KW  - ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
KW  - STATISTICAL METHODS
KW  - FARMING SYSTEMS
KW  - BANGLADESH
KW  - BATTEUSE
KW  - MANUTENTION
KW  - ANALYSE ECONOMIQUE
KW  - METHODE STATISTIQUE
KW  - SYSTEME D`EXPLOITATION AGRICOLE
KW  - TRILLADORAS
KW  - MANIPULACION
KW  - ANALISIS ECONOMICO
KW  - METODOS ESTADISTICOS
KW  - SISTEMAS DE EXPLOTACION
ER  -