An assessment of socio-economic conditions of the farmers related to goat fattening in Rangpur district of Bangladesh

Topon Chandra Barman,Md Younus Ali,Nipa Rani Sarker,Mohammad Mujaffar Hossain,Md Mukhlesur Rahman

doi:10.3329/aajfss.v1i1.55755

Abstract

The experiment was carried out at Kaunia upazila in Rangpur district to investigate the socio-economic conditions of the farmers, use of different hormones, feed additives and their effects. The data were collected through interview schedule by selecting 30 respondents who were involved in goat fattening. Collected data were analyzed using Excel sheet. It was found that most of the farmers were middle aged categories (50%) and educational level of the farmers was primary (57%), secondary (23%), and higher secondary (10%). Half of the respondents were farmer, followed by businessman (20%). About 67% farmers used own capital, 3% farmers took loan from bank and 23% took loan from other sources such as NGO. It was also found that about 33% respondents had on short time training experience and the rest 67% had no experience. Almost 97% farmers reared Black Bengal goat and 3% Jamunapari goat. Near about 97% farmers used roadside grass and tree leaves and only 3% farmers used cultivated fodder. Only 7% farmer used growth promoter & feed additives in feed where 93% farmers are not being used growth promoter &feed additives in feed. But not a single farmer used growth hormones for fattening purpose. Therefore, still now goat meat would be safe for human consumption without any health hazard. Asian Australas. J. Food Saf. Secur. 2017, 1 (1), 1-6

Highlights

Livestock is an integral component of agricultural economy of Bangladesh performing multifarious functions such as provision of food, nutrition, income, savings, draft power, manure, and transport, social and cultural functions
In Bangladesh, feed additives and growth promoters imported by pharmaceutical industries and overseas marketing agencies and attract farmers to use them in fattening animals
Number and percentage distribution of respondents according to their age of the farmers, family size, education, occupation, land size, source of capital and training on goat fattening are shown in Tables 1 and 2

Summary

Introduction

Livestock is an integral component of agricultural economy of Bangladesh performing multifarious functions such as provision of food, nutrition, income, savings, draft power, manure, and transport, social and cultural functions. Goats in communal areas are less susceptible to drought than cattle and have lower feed and capital requirement than large ruminants (Iniguez, 2004). A scientific agreement was adopted to prohibit the use of stilbenes owing to their potential tumor-inducing effects in human Most of these compounds have not gained widespread consumer acceptability and growth-promoting hormones were banned by the EU. The consequence of this EU position has been the development in numerous countries of a black market of hormone cocktails including potentially dangerous synthetic steroids and corticoids. In Bangladesh, feed additives and growth promoters imported by pharmaceutical industries and overseas marketing agencies and attract farmers to use them in fattening animals. Almost no attention has been paid in Bangladesh in respect of using hormone and feed additives in small scale goat fattening

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