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VOL. 2, ISSUE 3 (2020)
An economic analysis of milk marketing in helmand province (Afghanistan)
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Abdul Wali Hemat, Allauddin Mostaman, Niamatullah Feda, Hanifullah Bawari, Abdul Aziz Sabir, Ali Ahmad
Abstract
Animal rising and dairy productions are an important element of the agricultural sector and have a key role in the socio-economic development for a province like Helmand. On average, every household in rural areas of Helmand province has 15 people, 11.5 Jerib (2.3 hectares) of agriculture land, and every dairy farmer has 19-year experience of animal rising. Agriculture products make 50% of their income source. consisted of 27% from animal raising, 12% from trading and 11% from other sources, respectively. On average, a local breed cow produces about 8.7 liter of milk per day and 1,360 liters in each lactation period. Our findings show that 63% of the farmers do not supply the produced milk to the market because of the various reasons; namely, unavailability of market, low dairy price, unavailability of milk collection points, unavailability of milk process centers, and others. The findings show that 37% of the farmers supply the milk to the market. The present study was undertaken to find out the milk production cost and returns from milk production, different marketing channels involved in the marketing of milk and milk marketing problems in the three district (nada-ali, nawa, and lashkargah city) of helmand province. Multistage stratified random sampling technique was adopted to identify the study area. Total five villages were selected randomly from each four district. A sample of 120 milk producing households consisting 60 small, 41 medium and 18 large farmers was drawn randomly One liter of milk costs about afn 22.8 in Helmand province. The cost varies a little bit in different areas. For instance, in the capital Lashkar Gah city and nearby areas farmers sell one liter of milk for AFN 26 to AFN 30, this is where the farmers in a relatively remote districts like Nawa and Nade-Ali sell it for AFN 18 to AFN 22 or they do not sell.
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How to cite this article:
Abdul Wali Hemat, Allauddin Mostaman, Niamatullah Feda, Hanifullah Bawari, Abdul Aziz Sabir, Ali Ahmad " An economic analysis of milk marketing in helmand province (Afghanistan)". International Journal of Agriculture and Plant Science, Vol 2, Issue 3, 2020, Pages 01-04
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