Livestock and Dairy Farming Industry in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, the demand for meat and milk is increasing substantially due to increased per capita
income and population growth. The current domestic demand for meat is 75.20 lakh metric tons, and
milk is 156.68 lakh metric tons. The Department of Livestock Services (DLS) forecasted milk production to
be 128.47 lakh metric tonnes and 85.23 lakh metric tonnes of meat in FY 2022 (Department of Livestock
Services, 2022). Nevertheless, milk and meat production exceeded the prediction and stood at 130.74
lakh metric tons and 92.65 lakh metric tons, respectively, in FY 2022. Meat production met the total local
demand, and milk production met only 83.45 percent of the total domestic demand. According to DLS, in
FY2022, the daily per capita consumption of milk is 208.61 ml, and meat is 92.65 gm (Department of
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