The Fisheries and Livestock Ministry has sold milk, eggs and chicken worth Tk 1756 crore through mobile stalls across the country last week.
The initiative received much appreciation from the beneficiaries.
According to the ministry, they took the initiative for marketing milk, egg, fish and poultry goods produced by marginal farmers and entrepreneurs in a bid to help them amid the ongoing shutdown.
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Between April 25 and May 1, mobile stalls set up by the ministry in different districts sold milk, eggs and poultry chicken of Tk 176.27 crore, said a report issued to the ministry by the project control room on Friday.
Earlier on April 22, the ministry directed the officials of Fisheries Department and Department of Livestock Services at district and upazila levels to materialise the project.