Study on the Profitability of rural goat rearing at Noakhali and Chittagong Districts

Abstract

The study was conducted to analyze profitability of goat rearing under rural condition by collecting data from various goat rearers at village condition. Data were collected from two upazillas namely kabirhat under Noakhali & Satkania under Chittagong district during the period of October to December 2010. Finally these collected data were put to make questionnaires. In total of 50 farmers were selected for the study by following stratified random sampling technique. The study revealed that about 36.66%, 30%, 13% & 20% were landless, small and marginal, medium & large farmers respectively according to their landholding sizes. Result of this study showed that total cost of rearing was Tk1180.23/goat/year and total return from goat rearing was Tk3983.98/goat/year. The result clearly indicated that goat farming was profitable for the villagers.