Govt to have Tk 101cr job promoting better fodder
The government is likely to approve a Tk 101 crore scheme today to promote cultivation of improved types of grass among dairy and beef cattle farmers to improve yields and reduce their high dependence on concentrate feed.
"We have an enormous shortage of green fodder weighed against the requirement to creature rearing for milk and meats production," explained Nanda Dulal Tikader, upazila livestock officer at the Livestock Economics Section at the Section of Livestock (DLS).
"The existing production of high-yielding types of fodder is very low," he reasoned for the project being taken up.
Animal farming is gaining popularity as a section of folks are signing up to create milk and meat to focus on the domestic requirement.
In the last decade, the number of animals rose: from 5.16 crore in fiscal 2010-11 to 5.60 crore in fiscal 2019-20 - alongside production of milk and meat.
Milk development grew fourfold to 1 1 crore tonnes found in FY20, showed DLS data.
Yet, Bangladesh must import adequate milk and dairy products. The united states spent Tk 2,900 crore in FY20 to buy milk and milk products from overseas, up 4 per cent from this past year, showed data from the Bangladesh Bank.
Tikader said farmers need to depend highly on concentrate feed owing to inadequate production of green fodder. Such a reliance on concentrate helps to keep production price of milk and meats high, he said.
Green fodder production is crucial for cattle farming and high yielding and protein-wealthy fodder will be instrumental on reducing cost and improving yield, he explained, adding that green fodder would help with vitamin supplementation of cows.
A good crossbreed animal requires 20-25 kilogrammes of green fodder daily, said Tikader, adding that the utilization of green fodder instead of focus feed would reduce milk and meat production price of farmers by 20 %.
Presently, Napier grass is principally cultivated in the united states. Another Packchong selection of grass is also getting promoted among farmers for cultivation, based on the official.
Beneath the Tk 101 crore job, the DLS really wants to establish a germplasm nursery for the assortment of genetic solutions at the Central Cattle Breeding and Dairy Farm, Savar, Dhaka.
It also ideas to get ready 8,970 plots demonstrating cultivation of high-yielding varieties of grass for farmers.
The DLS aims to transfer technology of earning silage and hay to permit practically 18,000 farmers to preserve green grass in a scientific way.
The DLS also plans to distribute protein-rich seeds of grass beneath the project, which is expected to be located at an Executive Committee of National Economic Council meeting today.
The DLS targets to apply the job by March 2024.
