Marketing and Financial Analysis of Milk Production- A Value Chain Perspective

Livestock is the premier animal protein supply cradle to human dietary menu and milk is considered as one of the best diets for human nutrition. Gap between demand for and supply of milk is acute in the country. Triggering these views, the study taken objectives were to estimate profitability of milk production and to determine value addition at different levels of milk marketing. Study areas were selected from three districts namely Panchagarh, Chittagong and Sylhet, purposively considering the representation of normal milk available area, milk pocket area and milk deficit area. Total sample size was 390 (300 farmers and 90 traders). Simple random sampling technique was followed for selecting the respondents. Field survey method was adopted to collect primary data…