Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture No. 2/10
Institutional and organizational issues in livestock services delivery in Bangladesh
Mohammad Mohi Uddin
Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Guido Van Huylenbroeck
University of Ghent, Belgium
Konrad Hagedorn, Mst. Nadira Sultana and Kurt J. Peters
Humboldt University Berlin, Germany
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to explore the issue of artificial
insemination (AI) services delivery in relation to livestock
development by reviewing to the case of institutional and
organizational arrangement in Bangladesh. It is argued that
globalization and adaptation of open market economy policy has opened
the significant opportunities for livestock keepers. The demand for
livestock would increase almost two folds due to increase in
population, rapid urbanization, and rise in income and would continue
to rise till 2020. This increase in demand will create a potential
market opportunities. The ability of the farmers to exploit those
opportunities is linked critically to the availability and access to
quality AI services. This paper is an attempt to provide the background
information of AI starting from historical context to the existing
institutional arrangement and synthesis of institutional framework for
providing the AI services effectively and efficiently in
Bangladesh.
Keywords: AI services delivery, institutions, livestock, organization
JEL: Q 160, Q 180
Vol. 49 (2010), No. 2: 111-125