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Source: http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2008/09/12/news0274.htm
BLRI trains up poultry farmers on preventing bird flu
BUSINESS REPORT
Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute undertook a five-year project titled Poultry Technology Development and Dissemination with special emphasis on bio-security to protect the poultry sector from the deadly attack of bird flu virus.
The cost of the project was estimated at Tk 33 crore, of which Tk 8.5 crore would be provided by Bangladesh government and the rest amount would come from Japan government.
The project started in July and So far, 1170 small farmers in 12 districts provided training on the poultry production technology that prevent high pathogenic avian influenza through strict implementation of bio-security measures, said principal scientific officer of Poultry Production and Research Division of BLRI Md Nazrul Islam.
The main objective of the project is to train poultry farmers on effective and hygienic poultry rearing technology as well as boosting the capacity of BLRI officials to handle the virus attacking situation, he said.Apart from the technology dissemination, the project will strengthen investigation countrywide to control the spread of avian influenza, he noted.
With the training on poultry rearing technology, the farmers will be able to improve their product quality, he hoped.
The main activities of the project will be reviewing the present poultry rearing package and find out problems, improve feed and hygienic rearing management technology, evaluate feed materials and develop low-cost feed, propose ways to reduce management risk like cost of inputs, disease management, improve diagnosis capacity of BLRI laboratory and support regional laboratories to improve farmers' capacity on disease management. The project covers 12 agro-ecological sites in Dhaka, Chittagong, Noakhali, Sylhet, Tangail, Barisal, Khulna, Tangail, Chapainawabganj, Bogra, Jaipurhat and Dinajpur.
BLRI trains up poultry farmers on preventing bird flu
BUSINESS REPORT
Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute undertook a five-year project titled Poultry Technology Development and Dissemination with special emphasis on bio-security to protect the poultry sector from the deadly attack of bird flu virus.
The cost of the project was estimated at Tk 33 crore, of which Tk 8.5 crore would be provided by Bangladesh government and the rest amount would come from Japan government.
The project started in July and So far, 1170 small farmers in 12 districts provided training on the poultry production technology that prevent high pathogenic avian influenza through strict implementation of bio-security measures, said principal scientific officer of Poultry Production and Research Division of BLRI Md Nazrul Islam.
The main objective of the project is to train poultry farmers on effective and hygienic poultry rearing technology as well as boosting the capacity of BLRI officials to handle the virus attacking situation, he said.Apart from the technology dissemination, the project will strengthen investigation countrywide to control the spread of avian influenza, he noted.
With the training on poultry rearing technology, the farmers will be able to improve their product quality, he hoped.
The main activities of the project will be reviewing the present poultry rearing package and find out problems, improve feed and hygienic rearing management technology, evaluate feed materials and develop low-cost feed, propose ways to reduce management risk like cost of inputs, disease management, improve diagnosis capacity of BLRI laboratory and support regional laboratories to improve farmers' capacity on disease management. The project covers 12 agro-ecological sites in Dhaka, Chittagong, Noakhali, Sylhet, Tangail, Barisal, Khulna, Tangail, Chapainawabganj, Bogra, Jaipurhat and Dinajpur.