Abstract:
Bangladesh is graduating from least developed country (LDC) to developing country
and Poultry sector as a sub-sector of agriculture plays a crucial role to create
employment and income in the context of this country. The present study was
conducted to delineate the socio-economic characteristics of the layer farmers, to
estimate the costs, returns and profitability of layer enterprise and to determine the
contribution of the key variables to the production of layer farms. For achieving these
objectives, 60 layer farms were selected randomly from Kaliganj upazila of
Lalmonirhat District. Both tabular and econometric techniques were used to find out the
results.The average number of farm was 1250. Costs and returns were calculated
separately through tabular analysis to find out the profitability of layer production. The
results of the analysis showed that on average total cost of layers per farm per year was
Tk 18,34,406. It was found that the variable cost per farm per year stood at Tk.
16,91,440.72 which accounted for 91.89 percent of total cost. The total fixed cost per
farm per year accounted to Tk. 1,49,242. It is evident from the study that the gross
return per farm per batch stood at Tk. 21,42,492. The net return over total cost per farm
per year was calculated at Tk. 3,01,809. The benefit cost ratios of layer farming were
1.26 on variable cost basis and 1.17 on total cost basis. Findings of the study clearly
indicated that layer production was a profitable enterprise. Cobb-Douglas production
function analysis was used to estimate the contribution of the key variables of the
production of layer farms. The functional analysis indicated that most of the selected
variables had significant impact on the production of layer farms. This study also
identified some economic, marketing, technical, social and natural problems in layer
production. Finally, on the basis of findings of this study, some recommendations were
made for the development of layer farming in Bangladesh.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Development and Poverty Studies
Faculty of Agribusiness Management
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka-1207 in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements
For the Degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE (MS) IN
DEVELOPMENT AND POVERTY STUDIES
SEMESTER: JULY- DECEMBER, 2018
