BSS, Rajshahi :
More production of progeny tested bull could be the effective means of substantial and sustainable development of dairy cattle to meet up the country’s protein deficiency.
Improvement of dairy cattle is the precondition to uplift livestock sector which is very important to ensure food security besides removing the existing protein deficiency.
The unemployment problem in the region especially in its rural areas could be reduced to a greater extent through making the dairy farming popular in the grassroots level.
Divisional Deputy Director of Department of Livestock Services (DLS) Md Mohir Uddin made the aforesaid observations while distributing incentives among 30 dairy farmers at his office conference hall in Rajshahi city yesterday afternoon as chief guest.
The incentives were distributed under the Breed Up-gradation through Progeny Test Project with the main thrust of inspiring the farmers towards promotion of breed up-gradation of dairy cattle successfully.
Project Director Lutfor Rahman Khan, District Livestock Officer Nizam Uddin, Assistant Director of Animal Production Inam Ahmed and Additional District Livestock Officer Dr Zulfikar Md Akter Hossain also spoke. Mohir Uddin mentioned that the region has an enormous prospect of expanding the livestock sector through best uses of its existing natural resources together with modern technologies.
Besides meeting up the nutritional deficit especially meat and milk, the livestock sector has laudable contribution to enrich the soil nutrient, which is being declined gradually due to indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and harmful pesticides.
There is no alternative to expansion of dairy farming to maintain a sound environment along with protecting the biodiversity from further degradation, he added.
He said collective effort of all extension and research organisations has become an urgent need to attain the goal. “The sector needs a political commitment and will,” he added.
Protein is the vital nutrition for normal growth and development of brain and other essential nourishment of human body while livestock is the pivotal source of nutrition.
Project Director Lutfor Rahman Khan told the meeting that the DLS has been implementing the project for selecting dairy breeding bulls based on their progeny performance. Proven dairy bull production through field-based progeny testing programme is underway.
More production of progeny tested bull could be the effective means of substantial and sustainable development of dairy cattle to meet up the country’s protein deficiency.
Improvement of dairy cattle is the precondition to uplift livestock sector which is very important to ensure food security besides removing the existing protein deficiency.
The unemployment problem in the region especially in its rural areas could be reduced to a greater extent through making the dairy farming popular in the grassroots level.
Divisional Deputy Director of Department of Livestock Services (DLS) Md Mohir Uddin made the aforesaid observations while distributing incentives among 30 dairy farmers at his office conference hall in Rajshahi city yesterday afternoon as chief guest.
The incentives were distributed under the Breed Up-gradation through Progeny Test Project with the main thrust of inspiring the farmers towards promotion of breed up-gradation of dairy cattle successfully.
Project Director Lutfor Rahman Khan, District Livestock Officer Nizam Uddin, Assistant Director of Animal Production Inam Ahmed and Additional District Livestock Officer Dr Zulfikar Md Akter Hossain also spoke. Mohir Uddin mentioned that the region has an enormous prospect of expanding the livestock sector through best uses of its existing natural resources together with modern technologies.
Besides meeting up the nutritional deficit especially meat and milk, the livestock sector has laudable contribution to enrich the soil nutrient, which is being declined gradually due to indiscriminate use of chemical fertilizers and harmful pesticides.
There is no alternative to expansion of dairy farming to maintain a sound environment along with protecting the biodiversity from further degradation, he added.
He said collective effort of all extension and research organisations has become an urgent need to attain the goal. “The sector needs a political commitment and will,” he added.
Protein is the vital nutrition for normal growth and development of brain and other essential nourishment of human body while livestock is the pivotal source of nutrition.
Project Director Lutfor Rahman Khan told the meeting that the DLS has been implementing the project for selecting dairy breeding bulls based on their progeny performance. Proven dairy bull production through field-based progeny testing programme is underway.
