PRAN Dairy Limited, country’s leading dairy company and Arla Foods Bangladesh Limited, the local subsidiary of European dairy cooperative Arla Foods has recently completed the first phase of the jointly initiated dairy development project in Bangladesh.
With the objective of showcasing a market driven and sustainable dairy production to increase milk productivity and quality, alongside economic output of the local dairy value chain in Bangladesh, PRAN Dairy and Arla Bangladesh initiated this collaboration earlier this year.
In the primary phase of the collaboration, both organizations conducted farm assessments to build capacity and to identify opportunities for more sustainable dairy farming solutions. Sub-sequently, a series of training sessions were conducted targeting trainers, extension staff and other relevant stakeholders to supplement the ongoing dairy activities.
The training sessions were led by Senior Project Manager of Arla Foods Nigeria Snorri Sigurds-son with the aid of Dr. Mohammad Mohi Uddin Professor of Department of Animal Nutrition at the Bangladesh Agricultural University,
The five training sessions started from early May this year and ended in the last week of Sep-tember. For the last session, Snorri Sigurdsson visited Bangladesh to provide on-spot practi-cal and theoretical knowledge to the trainers of Pran Dairy. The last session was conducted in the North Western region of Bangladesh, Rangpur, which is a major dairy collection hub for Pran.
Chairman & CEO of PRAN-RFL Group Ahsan Khan Chowdhury commented, “Our major chal-lenge was the technical know-how to make the dairy sector a proper business industry by or-ganizing small farmers across the country. Till date, PRAN has partnered with many interna-tional organizations to help the country’s dairy sector since its inception. ”
Managing Director of Arla Foods Bangladesh Peter Hallberg remarked, “Aligned with our Fu-ture 26 strategy, we feel that we can contribute significantly to the overall development of the dairy sector, as well as supporting the dairy ambition of the country.”
