Char people to earn better by selling sacrificial animals

Thousands of people living in the remote char areas of ten northwestern riverine districts are expecting better profits through selling their locally reared sacrificial animals before the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha festivity, reports BSS from Rangpur. Following the ban imposed on ‘exporting’ cows from the neighbouring country to Bangladesh through the corridors on the frontiers, price of the same has been increased by about 40 percent in the local markets in recent times. As demand of cows generally shoots up before the Eid-ul-Azha festivity every year, the char people are expecting to meet the possible scarcity of sacrificial animals due to ban on imports by selling their cows to earn huge profits this time.
Thinking of high profits, they are now taking special care of their reared bullocks, calves, cows, oxen, buffaloes, sheep and goats and fattening those to have better price than any time in the past as those might have huge demand this year.
According to Agriculture and Environment Coordinator of RDRS Bangladesh Mamunur Rashid, the animal husbandry sector has been expanding fast on the sandy-barren char areas in recent years bringing fortune to the extremely poor char people. The success has been achieved by the char people following effective implementation of the comprehensive Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) by a number of NGOs as partner organisations since 2004.
Thousands of the have-nots group char families have achieved self-reliance through animal husbandry along with conducting other income generation activities with CLP assistance though they struggled for survival even a decade ago, he said. Project Manager of CLP of RDRS Bangladesh for Chilmari upazila in Kurigram Farzan Ahmed said the have-nots group char people have successfully explored the prospective animal husbandry sector in recent years with the CLP assistance.
Under the comprehensive CLP activities, the char families were assisted first to escape floods through raising plinths and achieving self-reliance by income generations, including animal husbandry, amid adverse situations, he said. Chilmari upazila chairman Shawkat Ali Sarker, Bir Bikram, said the CLP has become one of the most effective programmes to improve livelihoods of the extremely poor char people through animal husbandry and other income generations.
Many of the char families have been rearing and fattening cows commercially and earning huge profits every year to add to their capitals after meeting their expenses for living, nutritional demand and education costs of their school-going children.

 

Char people to earn better by selling sacrificial animals

Thousands of people living in the remote char areas of ten northwestern riverine districts are expecting better profits through selling their locally reared sacrificial animals before the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha festivity, reports BSS from Rangpur. Following the ban imposed on exporting cows from the neighbouring country to Bangladesh through the corridors on the frontiers, price of the same has been increased by about 40 percent in the local markets in recent times. As demand of cows generally shoots up before the Eid-ul-Azha festivity every year, the char people are expecting to meet the possible scarcity of sacrificial animals due to ban on imports by selling their cows to earn huge profits this time. Thinking of high profits, they are now taking special care of their reared bullocks, calves, cows, oxen, buffaloes, sheep and goats and fattening those to have better price than any time in the past as those might have huge demand this year. According to Agriculture and Environment Coordinator of RDRS Bangladesh Mamunur Rashid, the animal husbandry sector has been expanding fast on the sandy-barren char areas in recent years bringing fortune to the extremely poor char people. The success has been achieved by the char people following effective implementation of the comprehensive Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) by a number of NGOs as partner organisations since 2004. Thousands of the have-nots group char families have achieved self-reliance through animal husbandry along with conducting other income generation activities with CLP assistance though they struggled for survival even a decade ago, he said. Project Manager of CLP of RDRS Bangladesh for Chilmari upazila in Kurigram Farzan Ahmed said the have-nots group char people have successfully explored the prospective animal husbandry sector in recent years with the CLP assistance. Under the comprehensive CLP activities, the char families were assisted first to escape floods through raising plinths and achieving self-reliance by income generations, including animal husbandry, amid adverse situations, he said. Chilmari upazila chairman Shawkat Ali Sarker, Bir Bikram, said the CLP has become one of the most effective programmes to improve livelihoods of the extremely poor char people through animal husbandry and other income generations. Many of the char families have been rearing and fattening cows commercially and earning huge profits every year to add to their capitals after meeting their expenses for living, nutritional demand and education costs of their school-going children.