Economic analysis of smallholder dairy cattle enterprises in Senegal.

ABSTRACT: Smallholder dairy production in Senegal is important to both livelihoods and food and nutrition security. Here, we examine the economic performance of smallholder dairy cattle enterprises in Senegal, using data from longitudinal monitoring of 113 households. The mean (and standard deviation) of the net returns (NR) per cow per annum (pcpa) was 21.7 (202.9) USD, whilst the NR per household herd per annum (phpa) was 106.1 (1740.3) USD. Only about half (52.2%) of the dairy cattle enterprise had a positive NR. The most significant income components were milk sale followed by animal sale, whilst the most significant cost components were animal feed followed by animal purchase. When households were grouped by ranking on NR_pcpa, an interesting trend was observed: whilst the mean NR

SUBMITTER: Malenje EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9242928 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature