Economic Reporter :
The country has been witnessing surplus production of cattle over the last three consecutive years, thanks to farmers, particularly the educated youths, for making a miracle in the sector.
According to statistics provided by the Department of Livestock Services (DLS), a total of 1,06,14,280 cattle, including 57,11,434 cows and buffalos, were slaughtered during the Eid-ul-Azha celebrated in Bangladesh on August 12 while the country had a stock of 1, 17, 88, 563 cattle.
“We’ve around 11, 74, 283 lakh surplus cattle this year. Hope, it’ll continue to rise as the number of cattle farm is increasing day by day,” said Dr ABM Khaleduzzaman, assistant director (farms) of DLS.
He said the highest number of 25, 53,774 cattle, including 14, 35, 614 cows and buffalos, were slaughtered during the eid in Dhaka division while the lowest 4, 93, 905 in Sylhet division.
At that time, the DLS officials said, the Chattogram division had the highest number of 1.35 lakh surplus cattle while the lowest 20,000 in Barisal division.
Khaleduzzaman said the availability of local cattle started increasing in Bangladesh since 2017 helping it attain autarky in the sector.
Citing statistics, he said the country had 6.5 lakh surplus cattle in 2017 while 8 lakh in 2018.
When India imposed a strict restriction on cattle export in 2014 it ultimately turned out to be a blessing for Bangladesh, DLS Director General Hiresh Ranjan Bhowmik said.
“We took it as a challenge to attain autarky in cattle by boosting local production. We started encouraging local farms to increase their cattle production. We also provided them various trainings, suggestions and logistic supports and asked our officials to maintain regular contact with them,” he said.
The result was remarkable as the country had been able to meet over 80 percent demand with local cattle in 2015. “Later, we gradually increased the number of cattle farms and farmers. But our task became easier in 2017 as many educated youths started setting up farms, helping us attain the autarky in cattle. It can be considered as a fitting response to the crisis created following India’s ban on cattle export.”
The country has been witnessing surplus production of cattle over the last three consecutive years, thanks to farmers, particularly the educated youths, for making a miracle in the sector.
According to statistics provided by the Department of Livestock Services (DLS), a total of 1,06,14,280 cattle, including 57,11,434 cows and buffalos, were slaughtered during the Eid-ul-Azha celebrated in Bangladesh on August 12 while the country had a stock of 1, 17, 88, 563 cattle.
“We’ve around 11, 74, 283 lakh surplus cattle this year. Hope, it’ll continue to rise as the number of cattle farm is increasing day by day,” said Dr ABM Khaleduzzaman, assistant director (farms) of DLS.
He said the highest number of 25, 53,774 cattle, including 14, 35, 614 cows and buffalos, were slaughtered during the eid in Dhaka division while the lowest 4, 93, 905 in Sylhet division.
At that time, the DLS officials said, the Chattogram division had the highest number of 1.35 lakh surplus cattle while the lowest 20,000 in Barisal division.
Khaleduzzaman said the availability of local cattle started increasing in Bangladesh since 2017 helping it attain autarky in the sector.
Citing statistics, he said the country had 6.5 lakh surplus cattle in 2017 while 8 lakh in 2018.
When India imposed a strict restriction on cattle export in 2014 it ultimately turned out to be a blessing for Bangladesh, DLS Director General Hiresh Ranjan Bhowmik said.
“We took it as a challenge to attain autarky in cattle by boosting local production. We started encouraging local farms to increase their cattle production. We also provided them various trainings, suggestions and logistic supports and asked our officials to maintain regular contact with them,” he said.
The result was remarkable as the country had been able to meet over 80 percent demand with local cattle in 2015. “Later, we gradually increased the number of cattle farms and farmers. But our task became easier in 2017 as many educated youths started setting up farms, helping us attain the autarky in cattle. It can be considered as a fitting response to the crisis created following India’s ban on cattle export.”
