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Pearl culture technology is invented: Khasru
DHAKA, Feb 25, 2019 (BSS) – State Minister for Fisheries and Livestock Md
Ashraf Ali Khan Khasru today said Bangladesh has developed a technology for
producing pearls from indigenous oysters.
“Under the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, Bangladesh Fisheries Research
Institute (BFRI) is currently implementing ‘the Pearl Culture Development and
Expansion Project’. It makes us possible to produce pearls from local oysters,
he told parliament while responding to a question placed by lawmaker Mohammad
Shahid Islam of Laxmipur-2.
Besides, he said, a research project continues to enhance the size, stability
and glitter of the pearls.
Under the project, a modern pearl research laboratory was established, Khasru
said, adding the pearl culture technology invented by the institute is being
disseminated at farmer and entrepreneur levels.
He said researchers think that the pearl culture would help rural women get
empowered.
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