BRAC Feed Mills

A BRAC Social Enterprise

Strengthening the livestock industry with quality feed supply
In 1992, BRAC was financing
more than 200,000 women
in poultry-rearing operations,
and the demand for balanced
chicken feed was surpassing
the capacity to produce
from locally available inputs.
Additionally, the demand
for high-yielding varieties of

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chicken had expanded as well,
adding to the national demand
for high-quality feed.

To meet this demand, we created BRAC Feed Mill, Sreepur, Gazipur

a centralised poultry feed plant
in 1993.The plant crushed dried
fish, oil cakes, and oyster shells
and mixed it with vitamins to
BRAC Feed Mills uses advanced At a glance
produce a balanced, standardised
machinery and produces poultry
combination that could be
packaged and distributed for sale,
feed through an automated Yearly production:
process. During production, feed 40,000 metric tons
first to group members and then to
ingredients are mixed in specific
the wider public.
proportions that are known to Number of production plants:
provide health and growth benefit. 2 (Manikganj, Sreepur)
BRAC Feed Mills The quality of ingredients is ensured
today through a feed analysis machine, Number of staff:
which helps to increase productivity 116 (70 female, 46 male)
BRAC Feed Mills has expanded by up to 95 per cent.
in the last decade to cater to
poultry, cattle and fish farmers in BRAC Feed Mills is also working
Bangladesh with quality feed at an with a group of veterinary
affordable price. The enterprise has doctors, who offer free-of-charge
contributed to the overall growth of consultation in the form of medical
the livestock and fisheries industry advice and practical solutions for
and has created income-generating poultry health and safety related
activities for millions of rural people. issues.

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