@article {10.3844/ajabssp.2017.148.160,
article_type = {journal},
title = {Potential Impacts of Sustainable Dairy Farming in Char Areas of Northern Bangladesh},
author = {Ahmed, Jasim Uddin and Raha, Shankar Kumar and Rahman, Md. Habibur},
volume = {12},
year = {2017},
month = {Nov},
pages = {148-160},
doi = {10.3844/ajabssp.2017.148.160},
url = {https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajabssp.2017.148.160},
abstract = {This study was conducted to evaluate the potential impacts of sustainable dairy farming in Char areas of Northern Bangladesh. A total of 600 poorest dairy farming households were selected out of 1323 households, taking 200 households from each Upazila of Sariakandi, Islampur and Belkuchi of Bogra, Jamalpur and Sirajganj districts, respectively using simple random sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was used to interview the respondents (600:200 respondents ×3 districts). Difference-in-Difference (DID) approach was applied for analysing the impact of dairy farming. To determine the factors affecting income on livelihood, logistic regression model was used. Finally the sustainable livelihood framework including the asset pentagon was used to assess the impact of dairy farming on livelihood pattern. The results of this study provide that after the intervention of the project, there is a significant fall in the percentage of the farmers engaging with farming and day labourer where there is an increase in the percentage of the farmers engaging with only farming. On an average, family male members spent about 5 hours a day on dairy cattle while the female members spent about 4 hours a day over the study areas. Percentages of farmers owning 20 decimal of land are increasing and percentages of farmers owning 10 decimal of land are decreasing in all the study areas. Inclination of animal ownership indicates that there was an increasing trend in the ownership of poultry birds, sheep and goats. Both milk yield and body weight gain were significantly (p},
journal = {American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences},
publisher = {Science Publications}
}