ASSESSMENT OF THE ECONOMICAL EFFECT IN REARING AND PRESERVING THE LOCAL KARNOBAT SHEEP BREED IN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURE KARNOBAT
Genoveva Staykova, Margarit Iliev, Stanimira Slavova
Abstract: Object of our research were 215 ewes and the relevant categories of rams, ewe lambs and ram lambs from the local Karnobat sheep breed in Institute of agriculture – Karnobat. The period of assessment of economical effectiveness ranged over 2014, 2015 and 2016. Animals were kept in stallpasture in semi-intensive regimens. The average fertility of the flock was 114% and the replacement ewes were about 22% per year. There was hand milking and the average duration of milking period was about 150 days. Costs and revenues were evaluated at prices prevailing at the time. Profit and rate of profitability (%) were calculated in this paper. Costs, revenues and profit with subsidies were given
per ewe. Data used for the economic analysis was provided by the accounting department of Institute of agriculture – Karnobat. Data was worked by mathematically-statistic model and Excel. There was tendency for increasing of costs (with 11.77%) at the same number of animals and optimized labor costs in the last year of our research. The cost of the productivity rose as a result of the rise of prices of goods, services and salaries. It was established that livestock revenues had the highest percentage of the total and ranged from 73.31% to 83.35% during the research period. Stimulating the market for purebred young replacement animals could significantly increase farm revenues. The value of the profitability rate calculated without subsidies was negative during the whole period of research (Hp = 9.70; Hp = 26.85; Hp = 9.34). Including the given support, the profit per ewe was BGN 66.67, BGN 65.89 and BGN 88.35 respectively per year for the research period. The local Karnobat sheep breed can survive and expand its population as a valuable part of the National Gene Pool only with an adequate subsidization of the production activity in the sheep farm.
per ewe. Data used for the economic analysis was provided by the accounting department of Institute of agriculture – Karnobat. Data was worked by mathematically-statistic model and Excel. There was tendency for increasing of costs (with 11.77%) at the same number of animals and optimized labor costs in the last year of our research. The cost of the productivity rose as a result of the rise of prices of goods, services and salaries. It was established that livestock revenues had the highest percentage of the total and ranged from 73.31% to 83.35% during the research period. Stimulating the market for purebred young replacement animals could significantly increase farm revenues. The value of the profitability rate calculated without subsidies was negative during the whole period of research (Hp = 9.70; Hp = 26.85; Hp = 9.34). Including the given support, the profit per ewe was BGN 66.67, BGN 65.89 and BGN 88.35 respectively per year for the research period. The local Karnobat sheep breed can survive and expand its population as a valuable part of the National Gene Pool only with an adequate subsidization of the production activity in the sheep farm.
Keywords: costs; Karnobat sheep breed; profit; rate of profitability; revenues
Date published: 2018-05-28
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