| dc.description.abstract | The study was conducted for finding Factors affecting beef cattle production from farmer to
consumer’s level, i.e. to find out to find out the existing production system of cattle for beef
production, marketing of them, processing into beef and to know the perception of the
consumers of beef. The Study was performed by using survey technique five selected
upazillas of three districts of Bangladesh during the period of Aprill’2011 to July’2011. A
total of 50 beef cattle farmers, 25 beef cattle beparies, 25 cattle butchers and 25 consumers
were interviewed with pretested interview schedules. Education level of the farmers under
study was more or less same,i.e. below SSC level. 46% farmers have 5 members each have in
their family obtained the highest percentage, 28% farmers with four members in their family
and the rest 26% six or more family members. Only 22% of the farmers have participated
training program upon beef fattening. Only 6% and 12% farmers were running their business
by making loans fro NGOs and commercial banks respectively. Rice straw was the main
source of feed for cattle in the study areas. In Parbotipur upazilla, five farmers were found
using UMS technology to fatten their cattle. None of them was found cultivating fodder crops
for this business owing to lack of own land. Feeding UMS as fattening technology has shown
a profitable technique. Farmers faces a several problem like lack of capital, lack of feed stuff
and fodder crops, lack of training, lack of pasture land, inadequate market facilities. A lot of
middleman involved in beef marketing channel like bepari, dalal & butcher. They all faced
several problems. The marketing cost of them, were mainly markets tolls (Khajna), Dalal’
commission, transportation cost, payment to police, labor cost, personal expenses and feed
cost. Consumers are very much unconscious about beef and beef quality. Capital management
by providing loans by the different commercial banks and NGOs with least interest and
training programs on beef cattle fattening by scientific methods, organizing marketing system
and scientific processing of beef may lead the business as the most profitable agribusiness in
our country. So this research will be an added advantage for further research works in this
field. | en_US |
