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The Government of Bangladesh has
requested the World Bank to provide further assistance to
the livestock and dairy sectors. During a mission of the
Sector Manager of Agriculture and Rural Development (ARD) of
the South Asia region of the World Bank to Bangladesh in
November 2008, the Secretary of the Ministry of Livestock
and Fisheries (MOFL) of the former Caretaker Government of
Bangladesh (BD) requested the Sector Manager for assistance
to the development of the dairy and fisheries subsectors to
support the livelihoods of the rural people and contribute
to the economic growth of the country. The secretary of the
MOFL also reminded the Bank of its proposal for an
investment request for dairy development to the Bank sent in
2007. In response, the Bank agreed to carry out a technical
mission to review the current state of the livestock sector
(with special focus on the dairy sub-sector) and the
fisheries sector, particularly inland fishery production
(including freshwater capture and freshwater aquaculture).
The mission reviewed policy, technical and administrative
aspects in order to identify key bottlenecks and assess the
scope for Bank-supported further development of the sectors.
This request of the Government is consistent with the
emphasis in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Plan (PRSP) on
further development of the livestock and fisheries sectors
which together account for 7 percent of total Gross Domestic
Product, or GDP (3 percent livestock, 4 percent fisheries)
and 33 percent of agricultural GDP).
