Bangladesh Beef

Facts about beef in Bangladesh

• In Bangladesh the per capita meat consumption is 12 kg
• Although Bangladesh has the 7th largest cattle population in the world it has one of the lowest per capita meat consumption.
• It is assumed that around 3.5 million cattle are slaughtered annually.
• Household’s wealth and the type of animal produced are related to meat consumption among animal producing Households. With the possible exception of fish production promoting animal production in rural Bangladesh may not be an effective means of increasing meat consumption.
• Growth in number of Animals made up a significant proportion of growth output for all meat. On the other hand- productivity has remained stagnant for meat meat products and milk and it is also low compared with that of its neighboring countries.