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COMPARATIVE STUDY ON BRAC AND NON-BRAC HOMESTEAD ENTERPRISES WITH RESPECT OF INCOME GENERATION IN AN AREA OF BANGLADESH (Pages : 26 - 32)

The study was designed to identify the range of homestead enterprises practiced by the BRAC and non-BRAC programme households as well as to investigate the income and employment generation pattern of the BRAC and non-BRAC programme households and social status of women in decision making process. Thirty BRAC and thirty non-BRAC programme households were selected conveniently from Sadar Upazila of Rangpur district of Bangladesh. The findings revealed that, incomes of households from sale of vegetables, fruits, poultry, dairy and fish product and agricultural employment were substantially higher for BRAC than that of the non-BRAC member households. Total man-days of employment were higher for the BRAC than that of non-BRAC programme households. The participation of women in social and other self-development activities were considerably higher in the BRAC programme households. The women of BRAC programmes were better placed in respect of social awareness, freedom of attitude, financial freedom and in exercising the right of decision making in all activities compared to their counterparts with the non-BRAC programmes. The results of the multiple regression analysis model revealed that the key variables included in the model were individually or jointly responsible for variation in annual income of the BRAC and non-BRAC programme households. The measure of the overall fit of the estimated regression analysis was statistically significant at 1% level, i.e., inclusion of the variables were individually or jointly responsible for the variation of farm household income. Download