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The Socio-economic Status of Horse Owners in Rural Areas of Bangladesh

M. P. Alam
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

M. S. A. Bhuiyan
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

A. K. F. H. Bhuiyan*
Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Animal Husbandry, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

A study was conducted for a period of 60 days to understand the socio-economic status of the horse keepers and explore the opportunity of Indigenous horse rearing in 22 villages of Mymensingh, Tangail, Sherpur and Jamalpur districts in Bangladesh. A total of 200 horse keeping households were surveyed through one-to-one interview. A pre-tested questionnaire was used to collect information. Farmer exercised traditional knowledge on horse rearing that was used mainly for pulling cart, transportation, land tillage and sports purposes for their livelihood. Most of the horse keepers were experienced in horse rearing for 0.2 to 40 years. Among the horse keepers 54% were landless followed by marginal (22.5%), small (12.5%), medium (8%) and large (3%).Their main occupation was horse pulling cart (88%) and the income from horse pulling cart was different from season to season which ranged from TK 3,000 to TK 20,000 per month. In case of secondary occupation, 81.5% farmers were involved in agriculture sector and 9% farmers involved in horse pulling cart. The horse keepers were mostly illiterate (84.7%), where the highest education level was S.S.C (1 %). This study revealed valuable information which would help in designing proper policy and plan for the improvement of horse genetic resources and their keepers in Bangladesh.

Keywords: Indigenous horse keepers, Socio-economic status

Location: Mymensingh, Tangail, Sherpur and Jamalpur area.

Start Date: 01-09-2014

End Date: 30-10-2014

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Horse

Objectives:

To study the socio-economic status of horse keepers and to reveal the opportunity of horse rearing in rural areas of Bangladesh.

Methodology:

The study was conducted in the four districts Mymensingh, Tangail, Sherpur and Jamalpur. Out of these four districts, 22 villages were selected purposively which were considered as horse pocket areas. Among the horse keeping population in Mymensingh, Tangail, Sherpur and Jamalpur, a total of 200 households were randomly selected. Before data collection, an interview schedule was prepared keeping. in view the objectives of the study. Then it was pre-tested among the population who were not included in the sample. After necessary corrections and modifications the final questionnaire was prepared and multiplied. The observed socio-economic parameters were: land holding, level of education, experience in horse rearing, primary occupation, secondary occupation, monthlyincome, source of horse and income from horse pulling cart. Data were collected during 01 September to 30 October in 2014 through face- to-face interview with the respondent horse keepers. The data generated from this experiment were entered in Microsoft Excel Worksheet, checked, organized and processed for further analyses. Frequency and percentage for different variable / traits were estimated with the help of Statistical Analysis System.

Source of Information: The Agriculturists 13(1): 46-52 (2015), ISSN 2304-7321 (Online), ISSN 1729-5211 (Print)

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Achievement/Findings:

From the findings it has become clear that there is a great opportunity to share GDP in livestock sector through horse farming in rural areas of Bangladesh. So, the government, national and international NGOs and private companies and research institutes should come forward for conservation and development of horse genetic resources and for improvement of the socio- economic status of horse keepers of the country.

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