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Barriers to Development of Livestock Sub-sector in Bangladesh

Dr. Zulfiqar Ali
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)E-17, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Dhaka-1207

Iqbal Hossain
Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)E-17, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Dhaka-1207

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The livestock sub-sector is an important sub-sector of Bangladesh agriculture. Its contribution to country’s GDP is about 2.5 percent. This sub-sector is also important from the perspectives of crop cultivation, food-security, poverty reduction, nutrition, and employment generation in the country. Poultry and dairy farming has also certain specific advantages over crops, fisheries and forestry, as they require less land and are least influenced by seasonality. Policy concerns in livestock development have a historical perspective which evolved over the decades. While the initial thrust was on government-directed development and control, the focus subsequently shifted to private-sector led development in the sub-sector. It is, therefore, important to review the sectoral policies and management of livestock to achieve sustainable development of the sub-sector.

Keywords: Barriers, Development, Livestock sub-sector

Location: Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)E-17, Agargaon, Sher-e-Bangla Nagar Dhaka

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Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Constraints

Objectives:

To explore the barriers to the development of livestock sub-sector

Methodology:

The study was mainly based on secondary data and published and unpublished reports and documents. However, the study attempted to collect some primary data through case study type primary survey.

Source of Information: Biennial Report-2011-2012, BIDS

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Achievement/Findings:

Based on the reviews and analysis, the study identified several challenges that the sub-sector is facing. They include, among others, the following:
•   Wide yields gap between the traditional and intensive and semi-intensive farming;
•   Lack of availability of high-breed animals and also the lack of knowledge and technological know-how of maintaining the high-breed varieties;
•   Animal Diseases are also among the most important constraints to livestock development in Bangladesh. In fact, animal disease alone constitutes half of the causes of death of all livestock population.
•   Policy and institutional reforms of the Department of Livestock (DLS) and its functional arms are of critical importance to induce changes necessary to meet the new challenges caused by globalization, trade liberalization and WTO regulations;
•   Quality assurance is a critical factor constraining future development of livestock;
•   Lack of organized market for selling farm produce is an important problem, particularly for the smallholders in Bangladesh;
•   Inadequate coverage of animal health services;
•   Lack of space and physical security of animal resources; and
•   Apart from the constraints discussed above, low investment in livestock research and its poor management are matters of major concern also.

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