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Factors Related to Small Scale Cattle Fattening in Rural Areas of Bangladesh

T. Ahmed
Department of animal science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh.

M. A. Hashem
Department of animal science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh.

M. Khan
Department of animal science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh.

M. F. Rahman
ACI Ltd. Dhaka, Bangladesh

M. M. Hossain
Department of animal science, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

The experiment was conducted to investigate the systems of management in small scale cattle fattening programs. The data were collected through an interview schedule from 215 respondents of 24 districts in 52 upazilla who were involved in small scale cattle fattening. In this study out of 215 respondents 70.4% were farmers, 11.7% businessman, 9.18% physicians, 2.04% doctors had own land and 8.8% respondents had no own land. About 40.9% respondents selected cattle on the basis of age and 14, 25.6 and 16.7% respondents selected on the basis of breed, age and sex, respectively. Most of the respondents (79.1%) fattened cattle for 3-6 months and rest fattened for a prolonged period. About 90.2% respondents used own capital for cattle fattening and 2.3, 4.2 and 3.3% respondents took bank loan, NGO loan and lending for cattle fattening, respectively. About 31.6% respondents provided existing traditional cattle shed. About 79.5% did not have any training on cattle fattening whereas about 20.5% respondents had taken short training on cattle fattening. About 63.7% respondents used cattle fattening tablets, 27% respondents used urea molasses straw (UMS) and 51% followed conventional feeding. About 72.6% vaccinate the cattle by themselves and about 76.3% took help from veterinary surgeon for treatment of their cattle. About 45% reported shortages of animal feed, 50% reported lack of credit and 95% reported high cost of feed as the major problems of small scale cattle fattening. The results of this study will be useful for farmers and researchers to identify the overall problems and their remedies on feeding, management and marketing related to small scale cattle fattening practices in Bangladesh.

Keywords: Cattle fattening, Factors, Beef production

Location: Different districts of Bangladesh.

Start Date: 00-12-2008

End Date:

Program Area: Animal Health and Management

Commodity: Cattle

Objectives:

(i) To investigate the feeding, management and marketing system of small scale cattle fattening.

(ii) To identify the problems related to cattle fattening program and their potential solutions.

Methodology:

The present study was conducted to investigate the cattle fattening program practiced by the rural farmers in different districts of Bangladesh. The data was collected through an interview schedule involving 215 respondents of 24 districts in 52 upazilla who were involved in cattle fattening before Eid-ul-Azha (December, 2008). The respondents were selected who rear cattle or bought cattle for fattening. Respondents were randomly chosen from each upazilla. In total 215 respondents were chosen for collecting data to address the objectives. The interview schedule was prepared based on the objectives of the study. In this study 215 respondents were interviewed to find out the socio economic condition of them. The selected characteristics included age, family size, land size and occupation. The age of the respondents ranged from 20 to 70 years. The respondents were grouped into three categories, young age (up to 35 years), middle age (36 to 50 years) and old age (above 50 years). Family size of the respondents ranged from 2 to 13 members. The family sizes of the respondents were classified into three categories. These were small (2-3 members), medium (4-6 members) and large (above 6 members). Data were collected following the direct interviews and making frequent personal visits. Interviews were normally conducted in the market or in respondent’s house during their leisure time. Secondary data were collected from BBS, journals, reports and various published articles. The interview schedule contained the following items of information. General information of the cattle fattening owners, livestock population, management of the fattening cattle, feeds and feeding cattle, indigenous knowledge on rearing cattle and marketing of cattle. The problems and probable solutions related to small scale cattle fattening were also identified. The collected data were analyzed statistically by using simple statistical tools like average and Per cent ages as well as Chi-square through SPSS software.

Source of Information: Bang. J. Anim. Sci. 2010, 39(1&2) : 116 – 124 ISSN 0003-3588

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Achievement/Findings:

About 90.2% respondents used own capital for cattle fattening and 2.3, 4.2 and 3.3% respondents took bank loan, NGO loan and lending for cattle fattening, respectively. About 31.6% respondents provided existing traditional cattle shed. About 79.5% did not have any training on cattle fattening whereas about 20.5% respondents had taken short training on cattle fattening. About 63.7% respondents used cattle fattening tablets, 27% respondents used urea molasses straw (UMS) and 51% followed conventional feeding. About 72.6% vaccinate the cattle by themselves and about 76.3% took help from veterinary surgeon for treatment of their cattle. About 45% reported shortages of animal feed, 50% reported lack of credit and 95% reported high cost of feed as the major problems of small scale cattle fattening. The results of this study will be useful for farmers and researchers to identify the overall problems and their remedies on feeding, management and marketing related to small scale cattle fattening practices in Bangladesh.

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