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Poultry and Livestock Program:
The Poultry and Livestock sector is an important one
for the farming in Bangladesh and is contributing tremendously towards
poverty alleviation, self-employment, nutritional enhancement and
agricultural resource development. Less capital and time are required to
adopt the program while it generates a substantial return for the
households engaged in this sector. Approximately 70% of the landless women
are directly or indirectly involved in traditional poultry rearing
activities. It is a good source of income for rural women as they have
some experience in poultry rearing. Poultry rearing could be more
effective if poultry mortality could be reduced with the improvement of
local breed. At the same time, nutritional level of the family could be
enhanced.
Rainbow Nari O Shishu Kalyan Foundation started its
poultry and livestock program since its inception and has vast experience
in operating this program. In 2006, we started the eagerness building
program in this sector. The major objectives of the poultry and livestock
program are to increase income, particularly of women, to reduce poultry &
livestock mortality, with the help from the Thana Livestock Officer
(Govt.), our beneficiaries get quality chicken and they learn preliminary
treatment of their livestock.
We are implementing the program with the assistance
from Bangladesh Government and with the own source of Rainbow Nari O
Shishu Kalyan Foundation. Selected group of members are provided with
different types of trainings on poultry and livestock rearing and
management. We also make vaccination facility available to the
beneficiaries through Govt. Livestock and Poultry Department.
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