A fleet of mobile stalls under the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock are selling fish, meat, egg and dairy products during the lockdown to mitigate the loss of farmers. Livestock and dairy products worth around Tk 133.21 crore have been sold since April 5. The production, transportation, supply and marketing of this campaign is being monitored by Minister SM Rezaul Karim himself. Read Lockdown: Sirajganj dairy farmers in trouble again Even during this crisis, the Ministry and officials and employees of the Department of Fisheries and Livestock are carrying out mobile sales activities in the public interest at the risk of their lives, he said. He noted that the dairy associations, poultry associations, fishermen's associations and marginal farmers associated with this sector are continuing this activity braving the risk. Read Govt forming policy to safeguard poultry, dairy industries "The farmers in the fisheries and livestock sector are able to easily overcome the losses by marketing the products produced at a fair price. On the other hand, thanks to this initiative, consumers can easily buy fish, meat, milk, eggs and dairy products even under the current restrictions, " he added. He made these remarks in a briefing arranged to thank the officials involved with the campaign. Read Railway launches luggage van to transport vegetables

Operating a fleet of mobile stalls across the country, the Fisheries and Livestock Ministry raked in Tk 47 crore on Thursday selling fish and poultry products purchased  from  farmers and fish cultures who couldn’t bring their goods to market amid the lockdown imposed in the face of the global coronavirus pandemic.

The Fisheries and Livestock Ministry said it sold 421,000kg fish through mobile stalls across the country on Saturday alone.   “The fish is worth Tk 7.73 crore,” said a handout from the Ministry.   It said the initiative to sell goods received much appreciation from the beneficiaries.   According to the ministry, they took the initiative for selling milk, egg, fish and poultry goods produced by marginal farmers and entrepreneurs in a bid to help them amid the ongoing shutdown.   Between April 25 and May 1, mobile stalls sold milk, eggs and poultry chicken worth Tk 176.27 crore.   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.   The government has so far reported 175 deaths and 8,790 coronavirus cases in Bangladesh.   As the number of new cases continues to rise, the government decided to extend the ongoing holiday till May 16.