RANGPUR, Oct 13, 2018 (BSS)-Livestock experts at a post-rally discussion
have laid emphasis on regular consumption of egg by the people to meet
nutrition and protein demands for building a healthier nation.
“Side by side with meeting balanced nourishment, consumption of egg
ensures sound health for the people of all ages,” they opined.
The divisional office of Department of Livestock Services (DLS) and
Bangladesh Poultry Industry Central Council (BPICC) jointly organised the
discussion at Town Hall auditorium on Friday in observance of World Egg Day-
2018 in the city.
DLS Deputy Director Dr Sheikh Azizur Rahman presided over the discussion.
Divisional Commissioner Mohammad Joynul Bari attended the function as the
chief guest.
Acting Divisional Director (Health) Dr Shahin Ara Haque, District Livestock
Officer Dr Mahbubur Rahman, president of Rangpur Poultry Industry Owners’
Association Akbar Hossain and poultry farmer Mahmudul Hassan addressed as
special guests.
Dr Rahman said the country’s poultry sector is flourishing rapidly to
improve rural economy by producing huge eggs to meet the people’s protein
demand on way to attain sustainable development goals (SDGs).
“Chicken eggs are now being produced in Bangladesh by adopting latest
scientific technologies maintaining maximum safety for human health to meet
nutritional demand of the population,” he added.
Dr Mahbubur Rahman said the flourishing poultry industry has changed the
economic portrait of Rangpur division during the past 10 years.
“The poultry farms produced 55.68-crore pieces of eggs against demand of
32-crore pieces during the 2016-2017 fiscal in Rangpur where egg production
stood at only 28.10-crore pieces against demand of 17.50-crore pieces during
the 2007-2008 fiscal,” he said.
“A silent revolution has taken place in the poultry industry in Rangpur
region in the last 10 years side with creating huge employments to cut
poverty,” Dr Rahman said.
The chief guest called for regular intake of egg to meet nutritional
demand for sound health to build a healthier middle income nation by 2021 and
achieve the SDGs by 2030 to turn Bangladesh into a developed country by 2041.