“STUDY ON THE PRESENT CONDITION OF HOUSE HOLD LEVEL DAIRY FARMS IN DINAJPUR DISTRICT”
Date
2012-12
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HAJEE MOHAMMOD DANESH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY, DINAJPUR
Abstract
This study intended to investigate to present condition of household level dairy
farms of four upazila in Dinajpur district. Household to household survey was
conducted in about four months period wherel00 farm owners were
interviewed. From the survey it was reported that the major occupation of
farmers was agriculture (59%). The most dairy farm owners have land size
15% above 3 acre. Average monthly income of four upazila farmer 9,990.00
taka, monthly expenditure 6,065/=, monthly expenditure on food 2,502.50/=,
average milk production per day of four upazila farmer was 3.37 liter and
average value of produce milk of four upazila was 89.82/=. The average
indigenous cattle was 3.42, average number of cross bred cattle was 0.72 and
average total number of cattle was 4.14 of Dinajpur district. The average
number of animal was increase with the increase of owners land size. About
13% percent farm owners found educational status was HSC& above. About
20% farm owners had taken training and 80% did not take any training for
cattle rearing. Handsome profitable farm was about 22%, some profitable
farms was 68% and looser farm was 10%. Housing system in this area were
semi building 16%, tin shed 75% and straw shed 9%. The most of the farm
owners (68%) cultivate others except Napier & Maize for their livestock
feeding. Highest 91% farmers was utilization of milk for sale and family use.
Highest 38.2% farmer was inseminated their cattle by Frisian semen. The main
problem for fodder production was scarcity of land 36%. About 72% farm
owners was practice stall & grazing feeding and 6%grazing feeding system.
About 95% farmers was taken loan. Prevention and control strategies for all
disease were not available. Anthrax vaccine was available and FMD, BQ and
HS vaccine had great shortage. For management purpose disease problem is
highest 60%. It is expected that if all these facilities are available dairy farming
in four upazila of Dinajpur district will be improved.
Description
Bangladesh is approaching a population inflection point as the numbers are
projected to rise sharply by over 300 million between 2000 and 2030 which
is more than twice the population increment (World Bank, 2005). Urgent
attention is required to provide food for this growing demand. Much of the
demand for dairy products will be concentrated in the urban and peri-urban
area (Azage and Wold, 1998). Given suitable government policy support
and access to market and services, there is a great potential to develop
small-scale dairy householder dairy schemes in peri-urban and urban areas
of Bangladesh. Small-scale dairy farmers are at the centre of concerns about
globalization, and rightly so because they are the largest employment and
small business group among the world’s poor (von Braun, 2004).
Smallholder farmers predominates agricultural sector in Zambia, Tanzania
and other Sub-Saharan Africa countries (Mumba, 2011).
Keywords
Sample selection, Survey schedule preparation, Study period, Data collection method, Data compilation and statistical analysis