Govt wants to reduce milk import dependency

Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter has said the government wants to reduce milk import.

The adviser said this as the chief guest while addressing a seminar titled “Potentials and Problems of Dairy Sector of The Country” held at the Jatiya Press Club (JPC) on Monday.

“To fulfill the production deficit of milk…we have to reduce  milk import, if the milk import dependency continues  it will spoil our all reliable milk production sources like cow and goat”, she said.

She said “So, we want to change foreign dependency, import dependency and technology as a whole to fulfil shortage of milk.” 

Fisheries and Livestock Journalists Forum (FLJF) organized the seminar.

She said fisheries and livestock sector is the core supplier of our protein and nutrition related foods, adding “So, it would be difficult to survive if we don’t evaluate the matter properly.”

Chaired by FLJF president MA Jalil Munna Raihan, the seminar was addressed among others, by Acting Fisheries and Livestock Secretary ATM Mostafa Kamal, Director General of the Department of Livestock Services (DLS) Dr M Reazul Huq and LDDP’s project director Dr M A Maleque.