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Poultry Industry in Bangladesh: Is It Growing?

S.K. Raha
Professor
Professor at the Department of Cooperation and Marketing, Bangladesh Agricu ltural University, Mymensingh

Abstract/ Executive Summary:

Although government introduced improved breeds of poultry in government poultry farms for multiplication and distribution to village people in 1935, but commercial poultry production has been started from 1980s in Bangladesh. The growth o f poultry industry over the years in Bangladesh is examined in this article. The expansion of poultry farming leads to the development o f many allied industries such as breeder farms, hatcheries, feed mills, equipment factories, processing plants and pharmaceutical companies. The upward trend o f growth rate of livestock sector is attributed to growth o f poultry farms. Over the years the contribution of agricultural sector to GDP is declined but the share of livestock to agriculture sector increased. Per capita consumption o f egg increased from 21 in 1995 to 59 in 2004 - 2005.The numbers of all allied industries have been increasing. The growth of population, change in income and food habit, and a bit awareness o f the consumers about health indicates a bright prospect for the poultry industry in Bangladesh. Government policy for the development o f poultry industry in the country is essential.

Keywords: Poultry industry,Growth

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Program Area: Socio-economic and Policy

Commodity: Poultry

Objectives:

To examine the growth of poultry industry over the years in Bangladesh.

Methodology:

This paper is mainly based on secondary data. Data were collected from various documents of Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS), Ministry of Finance, Bangladesh Poultry Industry Association (BPIA), Bangladesh Rural Advanc ement Committee (BRAC), and Department of Livestock Services (DLS). Theses, magazines, and other published and unpublished materials related to poultry were also used. To examine and explain the growth of poultry industry in the country a few growth parameters / indicators are used. Those indicators include growth rate of GDP and livestock, contribution to GDP, change in consumption of meat and egg , number of hatcheries , Grand Parent Stock farms, Parent Stock farms and production of DOCs, number of feed m ills, number of pharmaceutical companies, number of equipment companies , environment of poultry industry, and training/ technical know how.

Source of Information: Bangladesh J. Agric_ Econs_ XXX 2(2007) 93-101

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Over the years the contribution of agricultural sector to GDP is declined but the share of livestock to agriculture sector increased. Per capita consumption of egg increased from 21 in 1995 to 59 in 2004 - 2005.The numbers of all allied industries have been increasing. The growth of population, change in income and food habit, and a bit awareness of the consumers about health indicates a bright prospect for the poultry industry in Bangladesh. Government policy for the development o f poultry industry in the country is essential.

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