Bangladesh Poultry Sector on the Brink of Collapse

[CaPtAiN_pLaNeT]

Bangladesh Poultry Sector on the Brink of Collapse

http://www.thepoultrysite.com/poultrynews/25380/bangladesh-poultry-sector-on-the-brink-of-collapse

04 April 2012

BANGLADESH - Nearly half of 115,000 poultry farms have faced closure over the past one and a half years, a platform of poultry farmers said yesterday.

Bangladesh Poultry Khamar Rokkha Jatiya Parishad blamed the government for not doing enough to tackle avian influenza that shut 54,000 poultry farms over the past one and a half years. The body that promises to protect poultry farms complained of inadequate compensation for the disease-affected farms, according to The Daily Star.

"Production in the farms that are still in operation have declined due to supply shortfall of day-old chicks and increased production costs," Khandker Mohammad Mohsin, general secretary of the 8,000-member platform, told reporters at the National Press Club.

Representatives of poultry farmers from divisions were also present on the occasion. Mr Mohsin said reduced production of eggs and chicken caused the prices of poultry products to go up in recent months.

Mr Mohsin also said the sector which became self-sufficient and started exports before the first bird flu attack in March 2007, is now on the verge of gradual extinction due to 'faulty' policy of the government.

"Although the law prohibits imports of egg and day-old chick from any bird flu-infected country, the government is allowing traders to import eggs from India, where bird flu still prevails," said Mohsin, citing import documents.

"It is a self-contradictory stance of the government, and a violation of international norms," he said.

Mr Mohsin also said as per rule of World Organisation for Animal Health, a member country cannot import eggs and day-old chicks from a bird flu-infected country.

"To reduce the burden on consumers of increased prices, we urge the government to allow imports from bird flu-free countries, and not from any infected country," he said.

To prevent bird flu, the body urged the government to allow domestic production and imports of vaccines.

It also demanded the government increase the amount of compensation for the culled bird of bird flu-affected farms so that farmers can recover their investments and resume farming.

 

[idune]

This thread already documented when awami regime took scheme to destry poultry sector of Bangladesh.

http://www.defence.pk/forums/bangla...mi-govt-proved-again-they-indian-stooges.html

 

[Luffy 500]

Another success of stooge Awami regime. Digitalization of BD is going on very smoothly.We
will most likely see sonar bangla within our lifetime.

 

[scholseys]

This thread already documented when awami regime took scheme to destry poultry sector of Bangladesh.

http://www.defence.pk/forums/bangla...mi-govt-proved-again-they-indian-stooges.html

you seriously cant believe that our poultry industry is being destroyed by BAL government and India conspiring....avian influenza is an epidemic in asia, not only in Bangladesh but also India. India's biggest poultry industry called venki's has had major losses due to this. syop looking into conspiracy in everything

 

[sexy gun]

you seriously cant believe that our poultry industry is being destroyed by BAL government and India conspiring....avian influenza is an epidemic in asia, not only in Bangladesh but also India. India's biggest poultry industry called venki's has had major losses due to this. syop looking into conspiracy in everything

Its actually the responsibility of Health ministry to study the spread of deadly epidemics under local conditions rather than relying on foreign studies..

maybe the BD conditions are more conducive for spread of this deadly virus.

 

[wild_fire1979]

This thread already documented when awami regime took scheme to destry poultry sector of Bangladesh.

http://www.defence.pk/forums/bangla...mi-govt-proved-again-they-indian-stooges.html

I had warned you, not to let your chickens hang out with Indians roosters. See now they have given them the chicken aids

 

[desiman]

so chicken's dying is India's and the awami league's fault as well, wow the height of stupidity for sure.

 

[Skallagrim]

The government is contemplating allowing import of eggs from abroad to help reduce its price in the local market.

"The egg price has gone up excessively during the last couple of weeks without any reason. So, we are planning to allow import of eggs so that the price goes down rationally," said a senior official of the ministry of commerce (MoC).

Egg producers said the government has intentionally stopped permission of parent stock, and vaccine import thus production of eggs has reduced by fifty per cent during the last four months and bird flu has caused culling of large number of chicken.


Govt mulling allowing egg import to reduce price

 

[Mattrixx]

The price of eggs & meats r increasing rapidly its one of failure of the govt

 

[SP!TF!R3]

i hope topic of this thread is another RAW-AL conspiracy to destroy Bdesh and BNP-Jamat.what's the score???looks like Raw-Al is winning....

 

[harpoon]

The price of eggs & meats r increasing rapidly its one of failure of the govt

You can become vegetarian for some time.

 

[zootinali]

I had warned you, not to let your chickens hang out with Indians roosters. See now they have given them the chicken aids

 

[kingkobra]

bangladeshis have INDIA FEVER...they see INDIA everywhere..

 

[Bhairava]

you seriously cant believe that our poultry industry is being destroyed by BAL government and India conspiring....avian influenza is an epidemic in asia, not only in Bangladesh but also India. India's biggest poultry industry called venki's has had major losses due to this. syop looking into conspiracy in everything

Anand babu exhibiting his RAWamy dalali once again...

 

[CaPtAiN_pLaNeT]

Friday, April 6, 2012
Business
Egg imports on, bypassing ban

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=229222

Sohel Parvez and Refayet Ullah Mirdha

Traders continue to import eggs from India, bypassing a government restriction that prohibits such imports from a bird flu-infected country.

Egg importers take advantage of policy mismatch by the commerce ministry that put in place a general ban but gives special permission for imports.

Rajdhani International, a trader, imported some 77 lakh pieces of Indian eggs through Benapole land port in the last one month, although the neighbouring country suffers from the avian influenza, a customs official said.

India notified the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) of a bird flu outbreak on February 6, according to the OIE website.

Rajdhani received the green light from the commerce ministry in August 2009 to import 10 crore pieces of eggs.

Rajdhani has so far imported more than two crore pieces. On April 4, it imported 6.93 lakh pieces of eggs through Benapole, the customs official at the land port said.

Maksudur Rahman, manager of Rajdhani International, said, "Although the flu prevails in some of the Indian states, so far we know West Bengal (Paschimbanga) is free from it."

"We are importing the eggs after getting certificates from the government authorised surveyors," he said.

The consignments were allowed entry on the basis of certificates from a surveyor, World Wide Service, that the consignments were free from avian influenza, said an official of Benapole Customs, seeking not to be named.

However, Musaddique Hossain, chief veterinary officer of Department of Livestock Services, said even if test reports say the imported products are free from virus or other hazardous matters, it does not guarantee that avian influenza will not transmit.

"Transmission of avian influenza can take place through various ways such as transportation, machinery, trays used for carrying eggs or other poultry products and even through human interventions," he said.

"If any strain of virus enters through import, disease will spread faster," he said, "We can only think of importing from a country when OIE declares the country or a zone free from bird flu," said Hossain.

Margoob Ahmed, commissioner of Benapole Customs, said eggs have been being imported based on special permission of the ministry since 2009.

He said imports were allowed as per rule.

The entry of eggs from India, however, has created worries among farmers and experts that imports of poultry products from a country not free from bird flu widen the risk of spread of avian influenza virus locally.

Import from a bird flu affected country also increases the risk of mutation of viruses, they added.

According to Import Policy Order 2009-12, an importer requires permission from the commerce ministry. And "eggs are importable in limited quantity from a country free from avian influenza or bird flu," says the order.

It also says, for every consignment of imported eggs, there must be a certificate mentioning the goods are free from avian influenza or bird flu virus and harmful bacteria, issued from the livestock department or any competent authority of the exporting country.

Prof Md Anwar Hossain, chairman of Department of Microbiology, Dhaka University, said virus can come and spread through eggs.

"So, I don't want eggs to come from a country not free from the influenza," said the DU teacher.

Early this week, a farmers' platform, Bangladesh Poultry Khamar Rokkha Jatiya Parishad, opposed import of eggs or other poultry products from any bird flu affected country, fearing negative impact on local poultry farms.

The issue of egg import came to the spotlight after prices of the item soared on the domestic market, putting stretching the wallets of consumers mainly the low income people who largely depend on eggs for protein.

During the last one month, prices of egg rose 19 percent to Tk 34-35 per two-pair from Tk 28-30 a month ago. Prices of chicken also went up, according to Trading Corporation of Bangladesh.

Farmers and poultry industry operators earlier said a slump in production of eggs and chicken due to repeated attacks of avian influenza at both farms and hatcheries contributed to the price spike.

The commerce ministry recently said it was thinking of allowing egg imports to increase supply in the market.

At a meeting with egg producers, importers and officials of different ministries yesterday, Commerce Secretary Ghulam Hussain said the government did not take any decision to import eggs yet.

The government will not allow egg import from a bird flu or avian influenza prone country, he said.

Khandker Mohammad Mohsin, general secretary of the farmers' body, said there is a shortfall of eggs in the market. "If the government allows egg import, it should be from a bird flu free country."

But the government is allowing imports of eggs from a bird flu affected country, Mohsin said.