Proper implementation of ongoing development projects of the government in the livestock sector can lead to groundbreaking development in the country.
Fisheries and Livestock Minister Sham Rezaul Karim made the remarks while addressing a workshop on Livestock and Dairy Development Project at the meeting room of the Department of Livestock at Farmgate in the capital on Thursday.
The Minister said, “Livestock and Dairy Development Project is the biggest project of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock. We are working for the development of the country through the implementation of this project. If we can do more prosperous work than now, we will be able to achieve this development goal. And the people of the country will get the benefits. ”
He added, “The world has now become a global village. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) is with us at the moment. In implementing the project, the opinions, advice and experience of FAO experts should be used with utmost sincerity and competence. We must not fail to achieve the ambitions we had at the beginning of the project. The project implementation process should be smooth, effective and collaborative in achieving the goals”. “We have an educated and technically capable and experienced manpower. The livestock and dairy development project will be able to be implemented properly if we are aware and careful about the three goals of the project, what has been achieved so far and how the goals can be achieved. To this end, everyone must work together.
Then the groundbreaking development of the country will be possible through the development of the livestock sector, ” he further added.
The workshop was chaired by Department of Livestock Director General Dr. Sheikh Azizur Rahman. Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock Secretary Raunak Mahmud was present as the special guest and Bangladesh Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Robert D. Simpson was present as the guest of honor.
The workshop was attended by additional secretary of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock Shah Mohammad Imdadul Haque and Mohammad Taufiqul Arif, Director General of the Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute Md. Abdul Jalil, former Director General of Livestock Department Dr. Abdul Jabbar Sikder, Dr. Ainul Haque and Dr. Hiresh Ranjan Bhowmik among others.
