Sources of income | Farmers’ categories | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Supported | Non-supported | |||
Tk./year | Percentage of total income | Tk./year | Percentage of total income | |
Farm income | ||||
Crop | 30,569 (55.8)a | 59.4 | 26,629 (55.9)a | 54.5 |
Livestock | 12,357 (22.6)a | 9749 (20.5)a | ||
Poultry | 2551 (4.7)a | 3017 (6.2)a | ||
Homestead and agroforestry | 8000 (14.6)a | 7420 (15.6)a | ||
Others | 1250 (2.3)a | 850 (1.8)a | ||
Total farm income | 54,727 (100.0)a | 47,665 (100.0)a | ||
Non-farm income | ||||
Small business | 12,575 (33.7)b | 40.6 | 11,972 (30.1)b | 45.5 |
Wage labour | 8119 (21.7)b | 10,041 (25.2)b | ||
Shopkeeping | 8790 (23.5)b | 7990 (20.1)b | ||
Van/rickshaw pulling | 5044 (13.5)b | 6796 (17.1)b | ||
Others | 2837 (7.6)b | 2995 (7.5)b | ||
Total non-farm income | 37,365 (100.0)b | 39,794 (100.0)b | ||
Total income | 92,092 | 100.0 | 87,459 | 100.0 |