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Simulating the impact of livestock extension services on technology adoption, women’s empowerment, and farm income in Bangladesh

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  • Paresh Kumar Sarma

    (Bangladesh Agricultural University Research System (BAURES), Bangladesh Agricultural University)

  • Mohammad Jahangir Alam

    (Bangladesh Agricultural University, Department of Agribusiness and Marketing)

  • Ismat Ara Begum

    (Bangladesh Agricultural University, Department of Agricultural Economics)

  • Sheikh Mohammad Sayem

    (Bangladesh Agricultural University, Department of Agricultural and Applied Statistics)

Abstract

This study investigates the impact of livestock extension services (LES) on technology adoption, women’s empowerment, and farm income in Bangladesh. Inferential statistics and econometric models, namely principal component analysis, binary logistic regression, and simultaneous regression, are utilized. Data were collected from a sample of 906 livestock farmers in the southern Delta region. Results indicate that LES participant farmers scored 0.743 on the women’s empowerment in livestock index (WELI), while non-participant farmers scored 0.727. LES participant farmers had a 2.13 percent higher WELI score than non-participant farmers, and only 35.47% of women from livestock farming households were empowered (WELI ≥ 0.80). This suggests that LES has increased women’s empowerment by 2.13 percent. Additionally, LES is positively and significantly associated with household livestock farm income and technology adoption (p

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  • Paresh Kumar Sarma & Mohammad Jahangir Alam & Ismat Ara Begum & Sheikh Mohammad Sayem, 2025. "Simulating the impact of livestock extension services on technology adoption, women’s empowerment, and farm income in Bangladesh," Journal of Social and Economic Development, Springer;Institute for Social and Economic Change, vol. 27(3), pages 765-788, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jsecdv:v:27:y:2025:i:3:d:10.1007_s40847-024-00357-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s40847-024-00357-1
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