'RMTP Badsha' Goes Viral on Social Media During Eid-ul-Azha - PKSF-Rural Microenterprise Transformation Project (RMTP)

Saiful Islam, inhabitant of Dhakaya Para village in Auliapur union of sadar upazila in Thakurgaon district, bought ‘RMTP Badsha‘ heifer after training on cow rearing in 2021 through “Market Expansion of Safe Meat and Dairy Products“ value chain sub–project of IFAD and PKSF–funded Rural Microenterprise Transformation Project (RMTP) implemented by ESDO.

Saiful stated, “I did not use any unsafe medicine to fatten ‘RMTP Badsha‘, Instead, I fed the animal safe food including Hay, Molasses, Grain, Wheat Shell, Corn, and Rice Husk.”

North Bengal‘s finest bull ‘RMTP Badsha‘ has been prepared to sacrifice for Eid–ul–Azha after one year and two months of nurturing. The age of the cow is two years and six months, weight 1,200 kg and standing 10 feet long and 6 feet high. ‘RMTP Badsha‘ holds a price of Taka 12 lakh, drawing in people from different classes and professions to his house everyday to see the bull.

Saiful Islam stated, “I borrowed 2.5 lakh BDT in 2021 from ESDO for cow fattening and started a farm. Now, there are eight bulls at my farm, and ‘RMTP Badsha‘ is the best of them all.”

Under the livestock sector, the RMTP project is supporting 200,468 households through farm mechanization, technology transfer, certification, branding, and marketing.