Abstract:
A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their
common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly owned and
democratically-controlled enterprise. A dairy cooperative is owned, operated, and controlled
by the dairy farmers who benefit from its services. The purpose of the study was to describe
factors affecting dairy farmers’ milk production value through cooperative farming, as well
as to analyse the contribution of the selected characteristics of the dairy farmers to their
income generation activities. The study was conducted at Mithapukur upazila under the
Rangpur district. Data were collected from the randomly selected 60 cooperative dairy
farmers using a structured interview schedule. Multiple Regression analysis was used to
analyse data using SPSS v.23. The finding of the study stated that a significant increase in
income generation is noticed through cooperative farming and the dairy farmers are able to
recognize and understand new business opportunity. The study also stated that the farmers
with more training received, more duration of contract and with more benefits can increase
milk production value. However, entrepreneurial capacity was found to be statistically
insignificant to milk production. Thus, the development in dairy farming through cooperative
initiatives can play a very significant role in rural development.
Description:
A Thesis
Submitted to the Department of Agribusiness and Marketing,
Sher-e-Bangla Agricultural University, Dhaka, in
partial fulfillment of the requirements
for the degree of
MASTER OF SCIENCE
IN
AGRIBUSINESS AND MARKETING
