Livestock products worth Tk 26.72cr sold through mobile sales centres in a day
Farmers and entrepreneurs sold their dairy and poultry products worth Tk 26.72 crore through mobile sales centres across the country on Monday amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.
Under the supervision of the fisheries and livestock ministry, the poultry products were sold at all eight divisions, a press release of the ministry said today.
Of the total sales, farmers have sold around 24.1 lakh litres of milk, 1.18 crore eggs and 15.6 lakh chicken, the press release said.
In light of reduced economic activity during the ongoing nationwide shutdown, the fisheries and livestock ministry had on April 22 taken an initiatives at local government level to arrange for farmers to be able to sell livestock produce through mobile sales centres, the press release added.
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