STUDY ON COMPARATIVE ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF DAIRY ENTERPRISES AT SOME SELECTED AREAS IN CHITTAGONG DISTRICT

Abstract

The study was carried out in some selected areas of Chittagong district with the view to analyze the Comparative Economic Analysis of Small-scale Dairy Enterprises at Some Selected Areas in Chittagong District. Total 50 sample farm were selected for each type of dairy farms of 80 RCC farm owners selected randomly covering the Potiya, Chandanaish and Anowara Upazila. The 80 farm owners were divided into four groups according to the upazila. The study shows that about 48.75 percent of RCC farm owners were landless, 30 percent were small and marginal farmers, 10 percent were medium and 11.25 percent were large farmers according to their landholding sizes. The study also revealed that, considering a lactation period BCR of RCC farming on the basis of cash cost basis in Potiya, Chandanaish, Anowara were 1.22, 1.47 and 1.00 respectively. BCR on full cost basis were found 0.39, 0.33 and 0.27 in Potiya, Chandanaish, Anowara, respectively. Finally, the study identified some important problems related to RCC farming at farmers’ level and made some remedial recommendations for improving dairy farming in the study areas