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Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2001 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 10 | Page No.: 960-962
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2001.960.962
The Ownership of Livestock in Relation to Land Holding at Semi Arid Area of Bangladesh
S. M. R. Rahman, Mrt. S. Hashan , Md. Shahjahan and Md. S. Islam

Abstract: With 297 farm family at Semi Arid Area of Bangladesh an experiment was conducted, through a pretested questionnaire to know the ownership of livestock in relation to land holding and investigate production system, source of income about livestock by different category of farmers. Significant difference was observed between total land size and number of livestock ownership. Land less farmers has more duck & goat, but large farmers have more number of cattle & chicken compared to other farmer groups. A positive correlation among total land size, number of cattle, sheep & chicken but negative correlation among total land size, number of goat and duck was found. The relationship between total land size and rate of yield (Milk and egg) was positively correlated. Land less group found more profit from duck & secondly earn from goat but large farmer more benefited from sheep & secondly cattle

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S. M. R. Rahman, Mrt. S. Hashan , Md. Shahjahan and Md. S. Islam , 2001. The Ownership of Livestock in Relation to Land Holding at Semi Arid Area of Bangladesh. Journal of Biological Sciences, 1: 960-962.

Keywords: Livestock, land holding, semi arid area and Bangladesh

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