EFFECT OF VARIOUS SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS ON THE PROFITABILITY OF SMALL SCALE CATTLE FATTENING FARM IN DINAJPUR DISTRICT OF BANGLADESH
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2013-06
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HAJEE MOHAMMAD DANESH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY, DINAJPUR.
Abstract
Cattle fattening for beef production have become an important business of the small farmers
in Bangladesh. A large number of farmers involved in cattle farming just before 3 or 4
months of Eid-Ul-Azha, when they sell the animals with high prices. The experiment was
conducted to investigate the effect of various socio-economic factors on the profitability of
cattle fattening farm of rural farmers at the three Upazillas (Fulbari, Birampur and Hakimpur)
in Dinajpur district of Bangladesh through field survey. Data were collected from randomly
selected 60 farmers who involved in small scale cattle fattening through personal interview
schedule during the period from 20" June to 20" August, 2013. The selected socio-economic
factors included age, level of education, experience of farming, size of the farm, training,
technology used and vaccination.
Description
Bangladesh is a low-lying densely populated country of more than 150 million people, 75%
of who live in rural areas; rural poverty rate is 63%, of which 36% are extreme poor (Hodson,
2006). Cattle of Bangladesh are an inseparable and integral part of the agricultural farming
and agribusiness system. Beef fattening is an emerging sector for employment and income
generation for the rural poor, especially landless, destitute and divorced women. Cattle
fattening is an effective tool for poverty alleviation for the rural poor. One of the advantages
of the cattle fattening by the rural farmers is that they use locally available cattle feed
resources during the Eid festival. In recent years the women farmers of Bangladesh have been
involved and sustained beef fattening program in rural areas of the country.
Keywords
SMALL SCALE CATTLE FATTENING FARM, Concept of Cattle Fattening, Importance of Cattle Rearing for Beef Production