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BUFFALO-MILK-PRODUCTION
Speakers for enhancing buffalo-milk production
DHAKA, June 22, 2019 (BSS) – Speakers at a seminar said that comprehensive
efforts are needed to enhance buffalo-milk production and consumption in the
country
They also said buffaloes contribute only 4% of the country’s total milk
production, significantly lower than the production of other neighboring
countries.
The highest in milk production and export, India and other two South Asian
countries Nepal and Pakistan get 56%, 70% and 63% respectively of total milk
production from buffaloes.
Speakers said these while addressing at a seminar recently at Krishibid
Institution Bangladesh auditorium here.
State Minister for the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock Ashraf Ali
Khan Khasru was present at the programme as the chief guest.
Dr. Md. Omar Faruque, Professor of the Animal Breeding and Genetics
department under Animal Husbandry faculty of Bangladesh Agricultural
University, presented the keynote speech.
Fisheries and Livestock Secretary Md. Raisul Alam Mondal, General Manager
of Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF) Dr. Sharif Ahmed Chowdhury also
addressed among others at the seminar with Director General of the Department
of Livestock Services (DLS) DR. Hiresh Ranjan Bhowmik in the chair.
Buffalo milk contains less water, more total solids, more fat, slightly
less lactose and more protein than cow’s milk.
It is a matter of regret that the present number of buffaloes in the
country is around six lakh but once the number was 42 lakh, said the
speakers.
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