Poultry tech fair starts on Feb 28
A three-day international fair on the poultry industry will kick off on February 28 to introduce modern technology in the local poultry industry.
“Thirty-three countries will showcase modern equipment and technology to the local growers,†said Moshiur Rahman, president of World's Poultry Science Association-Bangladesh Branch (WPSA-BB).
The fair is the biggest of its kind in Bangladesh, Rahman told reporters at the National Press Club in Dhaka, announcing the Eighth International Poultry Show and Seminar 2013.
WPSA-BB will organise the fair at Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, where 288 stalls will showcase poultry feed, hatchery, live production, poultry medicine, new equipment and technology to the viewers.
Experts and scientists from different sectors of the industry will present 54 papers to augment local growers' knowledge, Rahman said.
Over the last few years, the industry has faced some challenges such as risk of avian influenza, he said.
Rahman urged the government to adopt large-scale vaccination programmes and substantive disaster recovery programmes for the interest of poultry growers. He also urged the government to expand tax holiday facility for the sector till 2021.
High interest rates of bank loans impede the development of the sector, he said.
The foreign multinational companies are doing business with a 4 percent interest rate on bank loans, while Bangladeshi growers face 16-18 percent interest, Rahman said.
In the absence of a well-designed policy, the local growers' ventures are threatened by the six multinational companies operating in Bangladesh, he said.
“They are not forming joint ventures with us and some companies have no proper documents from the Board of Investment,†he alleged.`
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