Bird flu, flood may hit poultry sector hard
UNB, Dhaka
Setbacks from bird flu rumours first and then the devastating floods are feared to deny the potential poultry sector of Bangladesh any growth this year.All stakeholders of the sector at a daylong workshop yesterday put their heads together to find ways and means of recouping the losses incurred, estimated at more than Tk 500 crore. Nearly 95 percent of the 150,000 poultry farms that directly or indirectly employ more than 500,000 people were affected in the flooding this year, {ources said. The "Workshop on Bangladesh Poultry Industry 2004" was jointly organised by Agro-based Industries and Technology Development Project (ATDP) and Bangladesh Poultry Industry Coordination Committee (BPICC).
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