Study on rural duck production systems in selected areas of Bangladesh

摘要

Thepresentstudywascarriedouttoinvestigatescavengingduckproductionsystemsintworegions(NetrokonaSadarUpazilaandSundargonjUpazila)ofBangladesh.Feedingsystemsandavailabilityoffeedforraisingducks,productionperformanceofscavengingducksandprofitabilityofraisingduckswereevaluated.Informationwascollectedfromthefarmersthroughaquestionnaire.AllthefarmersofSundargonjUpazilausedmixedfeedcompound,butinNetrokonaonly14%offarmersfedmixedfeedtotheirducks.Therestwaseitherpaddyorwheataloneoramixtureofboth.Deshi(local)ducksweremostlyusedinNetrokonabutinSundargonj,farmersmostlyraiseexoticducks.ThefarmersofSundargonjareaincreasedtheamountoffeedwiththeincreaseofageoftheirducks,butthefarmersofNetrokonadecreasedtheamountoffeed.ThemortalityrateinNetrokonawas27.1%butinSundargonjitwasonly2.12%.ThepercentageofeggproductioninSundargonjwas68.8andinNetrokona47.9.Thedifferencesinmortalityandeggproductionbetweenthetwoareasweresignificant.Thetotalannualexpenditureandannualincomeperduck/yearweresignificantlyhigherinSundargonj(Tk.221and393)thaninNetrokona(Tk.152and318).