The Economic Cost of Tobacco Farming in Bangladesh
| Autor: | Jagdish Kaur, Shafiun Nahin Shimul, Tara Mona Kessaram, Abu Shara Shamsur Rouf, Jeffrey Drope, Khairul Alam Shiekh, Akm Ghulam Hussain, Nigar Nargis, Syed Mahfuzul Huq |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Opportunity cost
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| Zdroj: | International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 9447, p 9447 (2020) Volume 17 Issue 24 |
| ISSN: | 1660-4601 |
| Popis: | The extent of tobacco cultivation remains substantially high in Bangladesh, which is the 12th largest tobacco producer in the world. Using data from a household survey of current, former, and never tobacco farmers, based on a multi-stage stratified sampling design with a mix of purposive and random sampling of households, this study estimated the financial and economic profitability per acre of land used for tobacco cultivation. The environmental effects of tobacco cultivation on land and water resources were estimated using laboratory tests of sample water and soil collected from tobacco-cultivating and non-tobacco cultivating areas. The study finds that tobacco cultivation turns into a losing concern when the opportunity costs of unpaid family labour and other owned resources, and the health effects of tobacco cultivation are included. Tobacco cultivation poses a significantly high environmental cost that causes a net loss to society. Nevertheless, the availability of unpaid family labour and the options of advanced credit as well as a buy back guarantee from the tobacco companies attract farmers to engage in and continue tobacco cultivation. Therefore, supply side interventions to curb the tobacco epidemic in Bangladesh need to address major drivers of tobacco cultivation to correct the wrong incentives and motivate tobacco farmers to switch to alternative livelihood options. |
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