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FACTORS AFFECTING POULTRY PRODUCTION: EMPIRICAL INSIGHTS FROM RURAL AREAS OF BANGLADESH
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The study examined the contribution of the key variables in poultry (broiler and layer) production and identified the major problems and constraints of poultry farmers in some rural areas of Bangladesh. The study was based on a sample survey of randomly selected 60 poultry farms of which 30 were layer farms and 30 were broiler farms at two Upazilas of Jessore district in 2011. Regression analysis was used to determine the effect of the inputs in poultry production. The study revealed that various inputs including feed, treatment and day old chick were positively affected the production of poultry. Study also reveled that farmers, in general, allocated their resources in the first stage of production for layer farm and in the second stage of production for broiler farm. The study identified major problems such as, high price of feed, outbreak of diseases, lack of steady supply of electricity, lack of veterinary care and service facilities, inadequate knowledge on poultry husbandry, non-availability of chickens and lack of credit which should be mitigated as early as possible with an interest to accelerate commercial poultry production in rural Bangladesh.
... Poultry and fish farming has been contributing to alleviate poverty through income and employment generation in one hand, on the other hand, it also contributes ensuring nutritional security as these products are relatively a cheap source of protein which enable people to consume them at the lowest cost (Raha, 2007;Alam et al., 2012a;Khatun et al., 2016). Hamid et al. (2017) reported that about 44% of the human daily intake comes from animal protein derived from the consumption of livestock products of which poultry sub-sector itself contributes about 22% to 27%. ...
... Over the years, the consumption of these products with the pace of increasing production has also been augmented mainly due to affordable price. Any change in price might have great influence in consumption decision of these commodities mainly for lower and middle-income groups (Alam et al., 2012a). Different determinants influence the marketing pattern and consumers' purchasing decisions of which galloping rise in daily commodity price is one of the main reasons. ...
... Not many studies are found to examine the price change of fish, livestock and poultry products in Bangladesh. Few studies have been conducted on the price variation of different agricultural enterprises such as fish (Omar et al., 2014a,b;Omar et al., 2015;Alam et al., 2015c), livestock (Islam and Jabber, 2010), and poultry (Islam, 2003;Alam et al., 2012a;Alam et al., 2013;Omar et al., 2013;Rahman et al., 2017;Islam et al., 2017;Hamid et al., 2017). However, most of these studies have specifically focused on a particular fish, livestock or poultry species and not the combination of different enterprises, thereby, indicates the limited study coverage. ...
This study examined the pattern of price variations of major fish, livestock and poultry products in Gazipur district of Bangladesh. The secondary data on the average wholesale and retail prices of ten important commodities for a period of six years (June 2014 to June 2019) were collected from the Department of Agricultural Marketing (DAM) under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Government. The averages were calculated from a total of 1900 wholesalers and 2450 retailers in Gazipur district. Polynomial trend model was used to understand the nature of changes in the prices of the selected commodities and to make short-term forecasting. The model revealed a different pattern of price change for different commodities in both wholesale and retail markets. In case of mutton, egg (chicken), egg (duck), beef, and silver carp fish, it was highly upward sloping which indicates that price of these commodities will increase at an increasing rate in the upcoming years. A moderately increasing rate of price change was observed for katla fish in both the markets while for broiler, indigenous chicken and rohu fish, it was found a downward sloping. On the contrary, the projection indicates that the price of tilapia fish would remain stable in the near future. Such a scenario suggest that market monitoring system should be strengthened by the government to control the extreme increase or decrease in prices so that none of the stakeholders would be the gainer nor looser from the pricing policy in Bangladesh. Ann. Bangladesh Agric. (2020) 24(1) : 99-112
... The Ethiopian chicken population is estimated to be about 60.5 million; of which 54.06; 2.61 and 2.83 million are indigenous; exotic and hybrid chickens; respectively [4,6]. Chicken production plays a crucial role in the provision of affordable animal protein for human food consumption and cash income generating [4]; creates an employment opportunity for the youth; religious/cultural considerations; empowering women (in rural areas) and ultimately ensuring household food security are amongst the major reasons for keeping chickens by rural communities [4,7,8]. ...
Chicken production plays an important role in providing human food consumption, growth of domestic products,
and creating employment opportunities in Ethiopia. By considering this, the present paper aims to deliver, synthesize,
and summarize the compiled information on the existing status and prospects of chicken production. The poultry
sector can be characterized into different production systems based on selected parameters like breed, flock size,
housing, feeding, health, technology, biosecurity and others. Attempts have been made to introduce different exotic
poultry breeds to small holder farming systems of Ethiopia to improve the existing low performance of indigenous
chickens. Among these, Rhode Island Red, Fayoumi, Potchefstroom Koekoek, Sasso, Bovan Brown, Issa Brown,
and Leghorn are being kept under various husbandry systems. Besides, indigenous chicken ecotypes have wide
ranges of morphological and phenotypic variation within and among them accounts about 90.9% out of 60.5 million.
The ecotypes such as barley plumage color, red plumage color, white plumage color, and black plumage color
have been characterized in the country and distributed across different agro-ecological zones. The average annual
egg production of indigenous and exotic chicken breeds did not exceed 60 and 250 eggs, respectively. The age
at first egg ranges from 6-7 months indicating late maturity. Major Challenges of chicken production in Ethiopia
were sudden diseases outbreak, predation, low genetic quality, market instability, feed source scarcity and weak
extension service. A rapidly increasing human population, greater purchasing power/rising incomes and increasing
urbanization of the country are responsible prospects for a growing demand and consumption for poultry products.
Therefore, mindfulness should be emphasized on enhancing the improvement of chicken farming systems for better
production and reproduction performance.
... Bangladesh's economic prosperity relies heavily on the expansion of its livestock and poultry sectors which in turn helps in creating jobs and to alleviate poverty across the country [1][2][3][4][5][6]. Commercial poultry farming is becoming increasingly popular in Bangladesh, and new farms are springing up all throughout the country, particularly in and around the country's urban areas [1,7]. ...
As a result of COVID-19 spread, Bangladesh implemented a range of measures including general holidays, lockdown, no lockdown, and strict lockdown which resulted in the dramatic ups and downs of the price level of the products. This study aimed to examine the influence of COVID-19 on poultry products (meat and eggs) in Bangladesh using Gazipur-an intensive poultry growing area - as a case study. Monthly market price data of poultry meat and eggs, and primary panel data from the same respondents using a random sampling technique through a structured questionnaire-based interview, Focus Group Discussion (FGD), and Key Informant Interview (KII) were collected. The results reveal that after the incidence of COVID-19, the price of poultry products at farmgate, wholesale and retail levels dropped drastically for the first three months (February to April 2020). Following that, the market price of farm (broiler) chicken and eggs increased by 40% and more than 30%, respectively. On the other hand, the price of local (deshi) chicken increased by 15%, which was already high on the market. However, in the early phase of COVID-19, many smallholder poultry farmers and hatchery owners were forced to shut down due to less demand/no demand of the product along with high feed cost and inadequate support from external sources. The government should provide financial support with low or no-interest rate to the smallholder growers in order to enhance their resilience against shocks like COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, etc.
... The poultry sub-sector has vigorous contribution in our economy in terms of income and employment generation and is likely to continue due to population growth and high income elasticity of the products. Different studies showed that this sector has been playing a significant role in income generating activities and employment creation particularly for the rural poor, landless labour, small and marginal farmers and unemployment youth (Ahmed and Hamid, 1991;Alam et al., 1998;Miah, 2004 andAlam et al., 2012). ...
This study aimed at analyzing the proximate compositions (moisture, crude protein, crude lipid, ash content) and minerals (iron and phosphorous) of some commercial fish feeds (FF) and poultry feeds (PF) available in the local market of the Rajshahi City Corporation area of Bangladesh. In addition, results were compared with the company labeled nutrients values and Bangladesh guideline values. Three FF products and two PF products are collected, namely FF1, FF2, FF3 and PF1, PF2 respectively. The variation between the analyzed and the company declared values have no significant difference (p≥0.05), but the results of proximate parameters and mineral contents are significantly different at 0.05 level (p<0.05). The highest percentage of moisture (11.02±1.52) and
Rapid urbanization and increase of income triggers the emergence of poultry farms in rural areas that responding to growing consumer demand of meat and egg. This study was conducted to examine the existing marketing channels of poultry meat and also to gain understanding of consumer attitudes and preference and price response for poultry meat in rural areas. Data were collected from 30 poultry farmers and 150 rural consumers through structured questionnaire at Keshabpur Upazila of Jessore district in 2011. The study identified four important channels for live poultry in the study area. The study revealed that about 82% of the poultry meat was consumed by urban consumers and only 18% were consumed by rural (local) consumers. In order of consumer preferences, poultry meat ranked last among the most common four types of meat in rural areas. Poultry meat contributed about 67% of total meat consumption and only 6% by indigenous chicken mainly due to low price of poultry meat. Young age people (up to 25years) had high choice for poultry whereas low choice for indigenous chicken. Local consumers are very much sensitive on price change of poultry.
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