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Farming & Management

Profitability analysis of lamb fattening in small-scale farmers in West Bank, Palestine


DOI: 10.31830/2456-8724.2023.FM-122    | Article Id: FM-122 | Page : 49-57
Citation :- Profitability analysis of lamb fattening in small-scale farmers in West Bank, Palestine. Farm. Manage. 8: 49-57
YAHYA ISTAITIH y.istaitih@ptuk.edu.ps
Address : Palestine Technical University, Palestinian Territory Occupied, Palestine
Submitted Date : 19-05-2023
Accepted Date : 11-07-2023
Online Published:

Abstract

This paper aims at highlighting some of the main issues raised by developing and implementing the most appropriate sub-sector in West Bank (WB), considering the assess fattening cost and feed type, as critical elements of profitability and competitiveness of a small-scale lamb fattening production system in WB, comparing economic performance by means of a financial analysis of fattening and grazing type effects, on the profitability and feed type as main factors were analyzed. The main material of this study was primary data collected from sheep farmers in the north and south of the west bank (Fakuoa and Al-thaheryia), data collected from a sample of (170) small ruminant keepers, 125 from Al-thaheryia, and 45 from Fakuoa using a designed questionnaire with personal interviews at the two sites. The data analysis discussed different Small Ruminant (SR) breeds on fattening efficiency using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model analysis, where the breed type had appositive relationships (P<0.05) where 62% of farmers depended on Assaf breeds for production and other between Awasi and cross breed (Awasi × Assaf), where the analysis indicated mean 2.4 of Assaf, 1.5 for crossbreed and 0.8 for Awasi breed. For SR fattening, found a significant relationship (P<0.05) between feed type and the species where the herds depended on Assaf SR and were dependent on concentration feeds. Results showed the profitability of fattening lambs, where the return from 40 heads was around 3560$ despite of the high prices of concentration feeds, and the saving of labour and rent costs. These results mean the profitability will increase if feed costs can be reduced, and available cheap traditional mixes are available. Results found a significant relationship (P<0.05) between feed type and the species where the herds depend on Assaf breed, generally dependent on concentration feeds, with a low percentage of farmers practicing traditional farming.

Keywords

Fattening grazing profitability small-scale livestock systems

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