Effects of Covid-19 on the Economy of Dairy Farming of Banskhali Upazila, Chattogram, Bangladesh.

Abstract

Covid-19 is a global pandemic and it has severely affected the global economy. Like other countries, Livestock sectors of Bangladesh has also faced the drastic affliction of covid-19 pandemic. This study has been conducted to evaluate the effects of COVID 19 on the dairy sector ofBanskhali Upazila, Chattogram. For this prospects 11 different dairy farms have been selected from the Upazilla. In this 11 selected farms, the number of the dairy cows were 109, 97, 82 before covid-19, during Covid-19 and after the end of Covid-19, respectively. Cost of feed (Tk/kg) was 45tk which had increased during the pandemic period to 59tk and after the end of the Covid-19. The selling price of the milk (Tk/L) was 55, 44.27, 46.54 Tk (BDT) at before, during and after the end of Covid-19, respectively. Milk production also decreased to 61.45 L from 80 L. The average cost of medicine (monthly) was 21181.8, 21636.36, 21636.36 Tk (BDT) at before, during and after the end of Covid-19, respectively. In the conclusion it can be said that, COVID 19 pandemic hamper the economic condition of the farmers in a drastic manner. So, to minimize such scenario in future, government could develop long term project and sustainable strategies involving multi-sectors to ensure further capacity building of farmers and ensure the skill development of the farmers by arranging training programme.