7.5 Bovine /poultry - crops
LIVESTOCK CROP INTEGRATION , A NATURAL PATTERN IN BANGLADESH : RAISING FEW CATTLE FOR DRAFT & MILK ; & FEW SCAVENGING POULTRY
Natural livestock crop integration in Bangladesh has been similar to that of India. Small farmers raise a few heads of cattle for both draft power and milk. Thus crop and livestock production are integrated as complementary enterprises. Since land resource is very scarce, small farmers own just over one acre of land. The cattle are mainly fed on straw plus weeds and other by - products ; they are mostly underfed. The poultry birds feed on scavenging with little no extra feed provided .