Govt working to stabilise egg prices: Livestock adviser
“The government is working to bring egg prices to a reasonable level. Regular market monitoring is going on. Egg price has declined at the wholesale level and we are expecting that its price will come under control soon,” said Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter
The government is actively working to address rising egg prices, said Fisheries and Livestock Adviser Farida Akhter. She expressed optimism that the situation would soon improve.
"The government is working to bring egg prices to a reasonable level. Regular market monitoring is going on. Egg price has declined at the wholesale level and we are expecting that its price will come under control soon," she said.
Farida made these remarks during a ceremony commemorating World Egg Day 2024 at the Krishibid Institution Bangladesh (KIB) on Friday.
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The event was jointly organised by the Department of Livestock Services (DLS), Bangladesh Poultry Industries Central Council and World's Poultry Science Association Bangladesh Branch (WPSA-BB).
Farida also stressed the need to declare the egg as an essential food item, saying, "Rural women should be encouraged in running poultry farms to increase egg production."
She said poultry farming could empower them economically as well.
The rural homestead poultry rearing system should be brought back and all necessary steps will have to be taken in this regard, she added.
Farida said the recent floods have damaged huge poultry farms across the country and it ultimately has affected the overall production and supply of eggs.
The price of eggs usually rises during the Bengali months of Ashwin-Kartik when the supply of vegetables declines significantly in the country and the demand for eggs ultimately increases sharply.
The adviser said, "Direct streamlining of the eggs supply chain between the consumers and the producers is under consideration."
She also underlined preserving eggs in cold storage as its demand declines, saying, "Then, we can utilise the eggs during its sharp demand."
But, she noted that hoarding of eggs will not be allowed in the name of preservation at all.
Bangladesh Agriculture University's Poultry Science Department Prof Mohammad Shawkat Ali presented the keynote paper at the function.
Fisheries and Livestock Secretary Sayeed Mahmud Belal Haider and WAPSA-BB President Mashiur Rahman spoke at the function as the special guests while Director General of the DLS Dr Mohammad Reazul Huq chaired it.
