Profitability and Factors Affecting Milk Supply: An Empirical Study on Dairy Farms in Chittagong District of Bangladesh

Factors Determining the Smallholder Milk Producers Participation in Contractual Agreements: The Case of North-West Bangladesh

“…Moreover, factor analysis was conducted to trace farmer's conception whether they were interested to enter into contractual arrangement for quail farming in western zone of Tamil Nadu (Chitrambigai, Pandian, & Shree, 2013). Profitability of the non-participated farmers in dairy contractual arrangements depends on marketed surplus, management and institutional factors but its profit was lower in comparison with participation in any contract (Barua, Alam, Sabur.S.S., Rahman, & DAS, 2017;Barua., Alam, Rahman, Farid, & Koiry, 2018). For taking benefits from market access or participation, the farmers can choose between whether they should remain at the subsistence level or whether they want to be specialized in an individual enterprise by generating pertinent skills and selling excess to the market (Barret, 2010).…”