Abstract
This study examined the impact on income of small-scale beef cattle enterprise in Pabna and Sirajganj districts. Data were obtained from 180 cattle fattening participant farmers and 180 non participant farmers from two areas in January and December 2014. Data were collected through the use of structured survey schedules and analyzed by the use of descriptive statistical tools such as means and percentages and also paired t-statistics and chow test were used for the data analysis The Double-Difference (DD) estimator is used to estimate changes in income from before to after benefiting from beef cattle agribusiness between participant farmers and non-participant farmers. Result shows that the net farm income of beef cattle agribusiness entrepreneur increases from BDT 6791.17 before participant to BDT 10289.65 after participant of cattle fattening. There was also an increase in the net farm income of the non-participant farmers from BDT 6750.01to BDT 8437.51during beef cattle agribusiness study. On the average, the net farm income of participant farmers increased by 51.52% and non-participant increased by only 25.0%. The mean increased income was significantly different between participants and non-participant farmers of beef cattle fattening at 10% level of significance. Chow test analysis showed a significant change between the coefficients and intercept of the respondents income implying that beef cattle agribusiness contributed positively to the increased income realized by the farmers over that of non-farmers. Hence, it can be conducted that beef cattle agribusiness has positive impact on income of the farmers. The study recommends intensive support services from government and non government institutions to improve the performance of the beef cattle agribusiness.J. Bangladesh Agril. Univ. 13(1): 109-115, June 2015
Highlights
Livestock agribusiness plays a significant role in our economy through contributing to poverty eradication by creating rural employment and to gear up the achievement of higher economic growth
The results indicate an increase in the net farm income of both groups after beef cattle agribusiness, but the net farm income of the participants was higher (51.52%) than that of the non participants (25%)
Beef cattle value chains of Northern Bangladesh were greatly influenced by scale of production with cattle from large scale producers going through cattle fattening and with fewer actors than cattle from small scale producers
Summary
Livestock agribusiness plays a significant role in our economy through contributing to poverty eradication by creating rural employment and to gear up the achievement of higher economic growth. Livestock is an integral component of agricultural economy of Bangladesh It is a performing important functions such as food, nutrition, income generation, savings, draft power, manure, fuel, transport, Muslim festival Eid-ulAzha and earning foreign currency by exporting meat, hides and value added waste products, etc. Bangladesh has huge number of livestock and poultry population with very high density but low productivity. There seems to have been a significant turnaround in beef cattle production in the past year as indicated by the huge supply of local breeds of cattle in the local markets for consumption during Eid festivities. Beef cattle agribusiness has significant positive impact on income and employment and poverty reduction in our country. There is paucity of information to ascertain the impact of beef cattle agribusiness on the income of participant- farmers in study area. Livestock has become a source of dependable income for poor farmers
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