@article{Islam_Alam_Bari_Zohara_2018, title={Socio-economic characteristics of dairy and non-dairy households of chars of Northern Bangladesh}, volume={34}, url={https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BVET/article/view/49888}, DOI={10.3329/bvet.v34i2.49888}, abstractNote={<p>Dairy and non-dairy households in chars in northern Bangladesh were compared. About 35% of dairy households earned money by selling milk along with labour. Dairy households owned more land than the non-dairy group. More dairy households (70%) had drinking water and 74% had sanitation facilities, while 49% and 44% non-dairy households had such facilities. The dairy households owned 3065 livestock, of which 946 were cattle; while non-dairy households owned 1915 livestock, including 17 cattle. Average daily income of each dairy household was 129 Taka (US$ 1 = Taka: 56.31), and for non-dairy household it was 109 Taka. Many dairy households had a bicycle (n = 54), radio (n = 59) and cell phone (n = 211), but fewer in the non-dairy had a bicycle (n = 8) and cell phone (n = 43). The livestock are living assets for the flood-prone households and source of daily income.</p> <p><em>Bangl. vet</em>. 2017. Vol. 34, No. 2, 52-60</p>}, number={2}, journal={Bangladesh Veterinarian}, author={Islam, MF and Alam, MGS and Bari, FY and Zohara, BF}, year={2018}, month={Dec.}, pages={52–60} }