CATTLE FATTENING BY CONCENTRATE FEED AND GREEN GRASS

Abstract

The experiment was conducted to investigate the cattle fattening programs of rural farmers at two villages Jogotpura and Jumarboyra, Bhuapur Upazila in Tangail district of Bangladesh through field survey. Data were collected from randomly selected 48 farmers who involved in small scale cattle fattening. The selected characteristics were socio economic condition of the farmer (age, level of education, household size, family income from cattle fattening, farm size)factors associated with cattle fattening, daily routine activities, feeding and marketing system of fattening cattle, problems of cattle fattening and cost benefit analysis. Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Co-efficient was computed to describe the relationships between the concerned variable. The major category 48 of the respondents belongs to farmer categories which has also own land and Most of the farmers (54%) who are directly related to Agriculture are more involved in fattening than those who are related to business (26.7%) or service sector (13.3%) respectively. cattle price and knowledge on adopting cattle fattening program had significant positive relationships with this program. Household size, farm size, farming experience and social mobility had no relationship with this program On the other hand, age had significant negative relationship with cattle fattening programe. The main problem in adopting cattle fattening was lack of money & knowledge. The Govt. should give subsidy in this sector as well as provides effective training to improve cattle fattening program.