Adviser Farida for boosting buffalo production

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter has called for increasing buffalo production in the country to meet the demand of protein through its meat and milk, reports BSS.

"Once buffaloes were considered agricultural animals and now those animals are meeting our protein demand through its meat and milk," she said.

The adviser came up with the remarks while addressing the opening ceremony of the 11th Asian Buffalo Congress-2024 at BCDM in Savar on Friday.

Mentioning the importance of buffalo, the adviser said Bangladesh is a small country but its biodiversity is very rich and diverse.

She said buffalo-rearing is important to the rural economy and women can play a supporting role in buffalo-rearing for milk and meat production.

She mentioned that buffalo milk-curd is being made by rearing thousands of buffaloes in Bhola district of the country.

As the speakers called for necessary measures to increase buffalo production in Southeast Asia, especially in Bangladesh, the adviser said in the past, less importance was given to buffalo production at the policy level.

She said the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock will take various steps for increasing the production of buffalo in coming days.