TITLE:
Optimization Model of Cattle Husbandry for Rural Household in Cambodia
AUTHORS:
Siek Darith, Shiwei Xu, Wen Yu, Ahmed Abdul-Gafar
KEYWORDS:
Cattle, Income, Optimization Model, Policy, Cambodia
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Agricultural Chemistry and Environment,
Vol.5 No.1B,
April
30,
2016
ABSTRACT: Cambodia is one of the Southeast
Asia. With the agricultural market integration, Cambodia rural household is
adjusting livestock structure naturally. In order to provide suitable support
for agriculture policy, the authors conducted a survey on 204 rural household
in Cambodia. This article uses the optimization model, considering rural labor,
cattle size, and animal disease risk, to analyze and get optimum result range.
The result shows that the more off-farm job opportunity, suitable cattle feed
structure, and investment on public health for cattle, the household income in
rural Cambodia will increase.