Cattle farming gaining momentum ahead of Eid-ul-Azha in Bogra

Our Correspondent | Published: August 23, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

A farmer taking care of cattle in his own farm at Dakaher village under Dupchanchia upazila. — FE Photo

BOGRA Aug 22: The cattle sector is gaining momentum in all twelve upazilas ahead of Eid-ul-azha as the devotees need a numerous livestock for sacrificing.
Substantial and sustainable expansion of animal resource farming is very important for removing the existing protein deficiency along with cutting the poverty rate in the area.
Moreover, the cattle sector, having huge prospects, can bring about a revolutionary change in the socio-economic condition of the poor and marginal farmers by alleviating poverty.
For this, proper exploration of the prevailing prospects of cattle sector is a must through setting up of related industries to usher in a new era for overall economic advancements to ensure smooth development and building a prosperous country.
Prof Dr Ansawar Ali of Department of Geology of Azizul Haque College said that the north-western region has an enormous prospect of expanding the livestock sector through best uses of the existing natural resources.
In addition to meeting the nutritional deficit especially meat and milk, the livestock rearing is very helpful for increasing soil nutrient, which is being declined gradually due to indiscriminate use of chemical fertilisers.
Most of the people suffer from malnutrition specially lacking animal protein like milk, meat and egg.
In this context, production of huge amount of meat through the indigenous beef-cattle improvement would supply low cost meat for people and it will ultimately recover them from malnutrition.
Production of good breed cattle from existing indigenous stock by applying artificial breeding technology particularly indigenous cattle cross breeding is essential in this connection.
President of Chamber of Commerce and Industry Alhaj Momtaj Uddin said that enormous prospects are there in the cattle sector and asked all concerned for taking necessary steps towards this direction.
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