The project aims to support small peri-urban farmers to ensure food security and nutrition.
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has distributed dairy equipment to small groups of dairy farmers in Dhaka North City Corporation areas.
This initiative aims to improve their dairy processing capacity and ensure that consumers in low-income urban areas have access to safe and nutritious dairy products.
The distribution is part of the joint project called Food Security aimed at households most affected by the Covid-19 crisis in low-income and at-risk urban areas.
It is implemented by FAO, WFP, UNICEF and UNFPA, in collaboration with the government with financial support from the Swedish Embassy.
The project aims to support small peri-urban farmers to ensure food security and nutrition.
Under the project, FAO is distributing dairy equipment such as milking machines, milk cooling machines, sealing machines, generators, cream separators, scales, lactometers, grass grinders, plastic milk cans and plastic crates to 10 farmer groups for 189 dairy producers. to use.
The distribution took place on November 11 at Dhelna Eidgah Field, Purbachol; Tafalia Playground, Sector: 17, Uttara and Baother Momesa Begum High School, Baother, Kachkura, Uttorkhan.
The distribution of this essential dairy equipment to farmer groups will greatly benefit consumers in low-income urban areas by ensuring a more reliable and accessible supply of safe and nutritious dairy products.
