A Study On Profitability Of Smallholder Dairy Farm And Milk Product Processing

Abstract

The study was undertaken to know the economics of small-holder dairy farms and sweetmeat shops. Six dairy farm and four sweetmeat shops were surveyed from three areas of Bangladesh. The studied dairy herds consist of 10 to 15 milking cows and the cows produce milk 270day a years. The net annual income for per crossbred cow was ranging from taka 1600 to taka 8000. The sweetmeat shops produce Ghee, Dahi and Rosogolla mainly. They generate income taka 130 from 1 kg Rosogolla, taka 600 from 1kg ghee and taka 130 from 1kg Dahi. The study showed that smallholder dairy farms and sweetmeat shops were profitable.