He said this in his address as chief guest at a discussion meeting organized in the conference room of the Cotton Development Board in the capital on the occasion of World Egg Day. This year's theme was ‘Protein, which gives strength and protects’.
The state minister said that for the first time this year, hatching eggs have been exported from Bangladesh to Nigeria. If high-quality products can be produced and production costs reduced, it will be possible to meet the country's demand and export eggs as well. He called on all those involved in the poultry sector to work in a coordinated manner to this end.
The state minister emphasized bringing feed prices to an affordable level and not using antibiotics in feed to reduce production costs in the poultry sector. At the same time, calling on young entrepreneurs to come forward in this sector, he said that the development of the poultry industry will play a role in creating employment and entrepreneurs as well as strengthening the rural economy.
Mentioning encouraging rural women to raise ducks and chickens in their home yards to make them self-reliant, he said that through this initiative, women will be able to increase their income as well as meet their nutritional needs. He also assured government cooperation in bringing poultry farms under solar power projects to reduce electricity costs.
At the event presided over by Director General of the Department of Livestock Services Md. Shahjaman Khan, the special guests were Convener of the Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council Mosiur Rahman and Senior Vice President of the World's Poultry Science Association-Bangladesh Branch Md. Sirajul Haque. Besides, officials of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, the Cotton Development Board, and the Department of Livestock Services were present.
Earlier, a rally and free egg distribution were held on the occasion of World Egg Day. The Department of Livestock Services, the World's Poultry Science Association-Bangladesh Branch, and the Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council jointly organized these programs.
