Contest Alert Week#3 || Farmer's Guide to Crop Costs and Profits

_{Assalamu Alaikum,
Hello everyone,
I am @selina1
From #Bangladesh}

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Starting by wishing good health to all steemit friends. A great contest has been organized in Nature and agriculture community. Contested theme is Contest Alert Week#3 || Farmer's Guide to Crop Costs and Profits. I will participate in this contest today with my experience. So let's get started.

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What crops are grown in your region?

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I live in Bangladesh. Different types of crops are cultivated in our region due to the change in geographical climate. However, the main crops of our country are paddy, jute, wheat etc. However, due to the fertility of the soil, paddy is cultivated twice a year in our region Gazipur. So it can be said that the best and main crop of our region is paddy. Also different types of vegetables are cultivated in our region.

Paddy cultivation is the main crop of Bengalis. Therefore, the importance of paddy cultivation is high. Also, paddy is the main cultivable crop of farmers. Due to the fertility of the soil, if paddy is cultivated in our region, it is possible to produce more crops.

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What was the average yield and market value of this crop?

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In our region or in any region due to climate change and depending on the soil fertility, the cultivation of crops is less and due to these also the market price rises. However, at present in our region total paddy cultivation is 20 to 22 maunds of paddy in one bigha of land. Currently paddy field Market price of undried or dried paddy harvested from is given below.

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Currently, the price of one maund of paddy in our region is 1,100 to 1,400 rupees with a steam price of 37 to 47. That means if one bigha of paddy is 20 maunds and the current market price of 1 maund of paddy is 1,100 taka, then the total market value will be 22,000 which will make the total steam value 733. However, the rice market fluctuates every week. Besides, the market price of dry paddy and wet paddy is same.

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How much did it cost to cultivate till harvest and what is the total profit from this crop?

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Rice is cultivated twice a year in our region. However, the cost of paddy grown in these two times is different. It is mainly due to climate. Anyway I am sharing here the total cost of one bigha area and total profit from this crop.

Total cost of one bigha area is -

• The purchase cost of paddy plant or seedling in one bigha area is two and a half thousand taka, the steam price of which is 83.

• In one bigha area till planting paddy the total cost of labor is 3,500 thousand taka whose steam price is 117.

• The total cost of paddy weeding and irrigation in one bigha area is Rs.

• The total labor cost for paddy harvesting is approximately 4,000 rupees of which the steam price is 134.

In one bigha of land, starting from planting rice to harvesting rice, i.e. until getting rice, the total cost is 12,000 taka, of which the steam price is 400 taka.

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Now if paddy is cultivated in one bigha land then it is 20 then its market price is 22 thousand taka whose steam price is 733. Now if the cost is deducted from the selling price the amount of profit or loss will come out. Total Profit (22,000-12,000) = 10,000 Taka ie Total Profit (733-400) = 333 Steem.

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Thank you all for reading my post

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I would like to invite some of my friends to this contest. They are, @bossj23 @sualeha and @simonnwigwe.