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Livestock Products Consumption Pattern in Selected Areas of Bangladesh

M. M. O Rashid
Associate Professor
Department of Basic Science, Patuakhali Science and Technology University,Outer campus-khanpura, Babugonj, Barisal,Bangladesh.

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

This study investigated consumption of livestock products in Bangladesh by utilizing the raw data of Household Income and Expenditures survey conducted from January to December 2012. A total of 300 household’s food expenditure were analyzed with regards to income of producer as consumer, urban consumer and rural non-livestock producer as consumer. Livestock products constituted about 13.15 percent of the total food expenditure. This was the highest (17.21 percent) in the Dhaka city corporation and lowest (11.08 percent) in Sirajgonj. Among the different products of livestock expenditure, milk and chicken (as individual products) topped the list constituting respectively 6.62 and 2.18 percent of all consumption expenditures. Taking all areas together, rice cost (monthly/household) occupied about 40.13 percent of the food basket. For all areas, mean monthly household livestock consumption was the lowest i.e., 6.79 kg for the lowest income group while it was 49.96 kg for the highest income group. Milk has the highest proportion of consumption (50.73 percent) followed by, chicken (16.36 percent), beef (11.16 percent) and mutton (4.46 percent). Urban consumers’ monthly livestock products consumption on average income groups was 17.80 kg. Since they were higher income groups, their consumption was supposed to be higher than any other types of consumers due to they were more conscious to take animal protein and health care. Both the models estimates dependency ratio had negative affects on household calorie intake significantly, whereas land holding, mother’s education and location dummy positively influence on caloric intake. The location dummy suggesting that in urban area(D=1) calorie intake was respectively higher than that of rural area by about 41.51 kcal/AE.

Keywords: Consumption, Livestock products, Caloric intake

Location: Sirajgonj and Gazipur districts and Dhaka City Corporation

Start Date: 00-01-2012

End Date: 00-12-2012

Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Non-commodity: Performance

Objectives:

The present study was carried out to find the consumption pattern of livestock products.

Methodology:

A consumer survey was undertaken to study the consumption pattern of livestock products. The necessary primary data were obtained from the sample consumers through personal interview with the help of pre-tested and structured schedules during January to December, 2012. Sirajgonj and Gazipur districts and Dhaka City Corporation were selected purposively and two Upazilas from each district were selected on the basis of concentration of livestock production. The selected Upazilas were Sreepur and Joydevpur in Gazipur district, Shahajadpur and Ullahpara in Sirajgonj district. Total sample for this study was 300 consumers and distributed homogeneously among two districts and one city corporation (Newbold, 1994). Descriptive technique was used to analyze the data: sum, average and percentage were calculated to present the results and also used the consumption model. Conceptual model of consumption A calorie consumption model following Tschirley and Weber (1994), Subrahmanian and Deaton (1996), and Babatunde and Qaim (2010) was developed to determine the food consumption.

Source of Information: Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, vol. 36(1-2), 25.

Article Link (Online Journal): DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.258300

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Achievement/Findings:

As a single product, milk occupied the top position of the total livestock on sumption. For all of the livestock products variation of consumption was high across income class. In contrast, higher income groups’ consumption of meat (duck. sheep and buffalo) was very lower. The general picture is that urban-consumers had the highest consumption for livestock products. There is a strong positive relationship between the level of income and the consumption of animal protein, with the consumption of meat, milk and eggs.The least consuming consumers were the rural non-producer consumers. The education of mother has a positive significant impact on a household’s calorie intake. On the other hand, urban area calorie intake was higher than that of rural area. Government should ensure adequate animal nutrition for all types of consumers, especially rural lower income group’s children and women.

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