Number of cows, goats up notably in last decade

The number of cows and goats has increased during the last decade in the country, according to the final report of 5th Agricultural Census 2019 published on Tuesday.

The report showed that the total number of cows in the country is 2.94 crore, which was 2.56 crore in the Agriculture Census-2008, and the number of goats is currently 1.94 crore, which was 1.63 crore in the census of 2008.

According to published reports, the number of cows, buffaloes, goats and poultry in the country has increased significantly in 10 years.

The total number of chickens in this census is 19.94 crore, which was 9.78 crore in the 2008 census. The number of ducks is currently 7.44 crore, which was 3.14 crore in 2008 census.

Agricultural census is usually conducted every 10 years. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) released the 2019 census report on Tuesday. The fifth agricultural census was conducted on June 9-20 in 2019.

Agricultural census collects data on the amount of agricultural land in the country, ownership, irrigation system, amount of cultivable land, land use, number of poultry and livestock i.e.

The census data shows that the total number of agricultural households in the country is 1 .68 crore, which was 1.51 crore in the census in 2008.

The net cultivable land in the country is 1.68 crore and 81 thousand acres. Out of this, the net temporary crop land is 1.64 crore 23 thousand acres and the permanent crop land is 19.70 lakh acres.

According to the census report, in the 2019 census compared to 2008, there was a slight decrease in the area under Aush crops, but there was a significant increase in the area under Aman, Boro, Potato, Wheat, Maize, Jute etc. Cropping intensity was found to be 214, which was 173 in 2008.

In the Agricultural Census 2019, the total amount of land for fisheries is 12 lakh 12 thousand 107 acres. The report found that the maximum amount of land for fish farming in the pond is 6 lakh 81 thousand acres.

Planning Minister MA Mannan attended as the chief guest at the disseminating of agriculture census report-2019, held at BBS Auditorium, Agargaon in Dhaka.

State Minister for Planning Dr. Shamsul Alam and senior officials of BBS and planning ministry were also present in the function.