Poultry industry losses cross Tk 4100cr
The country's poultry industry has incurred a loss of over Tk 4,100 crore over the last one year due to the outbreak of avian influenza, according to a recent study conducted by Bangladesh Poultry Industries Coordination Committee.
“This loss has hit the rural economy which had earlier faced the devastation of cyclone Sidr and twin floods,” Dr Jahangir Alam, director general of Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI), told a roundtable yesterday referring to the study.
The coordination committee submitted the study to the government last week. The study covered the period between February 2007 and January 2008.
Alam also called for asked for ensuring bank loans at 2-3 percent interest for poultry farmers.
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