Faryal inaugurates Sindh Livestock Expo

Sindh Livestock Expo 2020 will help livestock industry grow while giving an opportunity to the traditional livestock owners to turn their livestock into market oriented farm animals. Sindh government is committed and will take all measures to tap potential into creating employment for the people.

MPA Sindh Assembly, Faryal Talpur said this while inaugurating Sindh Livestock Expo 2020 here in Hyderabad.

This Expo would be extremely helpful for all those seeking knowledge about the livestock information management, livestock breeding, genetics and genomics, disease control and product development, she said. Sindh had enough potential in livestock and dairy, she added.

Sindh Minister for Livestock Abdul Bari Pitafi while informing about the Livestock Expo said that the Sindh government was devising a new policy proposing the development of Livestock sector in the province and this Expo would a big step towards it.

Government of Sindh will promote Livestock sector not only for food security but also to improve value addition across the value chain. Following are the ready projects for investment in this sector: Modern Warehouses, Shrimp Farming along the coastal belt of Sindh and Cold Storage Facilities at Farm Level. Expo will bring the Government of Sindh and the investors on one platform for collaborative functioning that will produce exportable surplus by bringing in efficiency and technology in the entire value chain of these sectors.

Abdul Bari said that besides livestock entrepreneurship and transfer of livestock technologies would also be promoted through this Expo. He said that arrangements for the entertainment of families especially kids had also been made as there would be bird show as well as dogs and cats shows. Abdul Bari Pitafi said that the main purpose of this Expo was to give an opportunity to the traditional livestock owners to turn their livestock into market oriented farm animals. He said that Sindh had enough potential in livestock and dairy.

Minister Pitafi lauded the efforts of MPA Ms. Faryal Talpur and Sindh Govt for the support of Livestock Expo 2020. In the context of livestock, 27% buffaloes, 26% cattle, 25% sheep, 30% camels and 40% poultry population in Pakistan are found in Sindh. The potential of Halal Meat Exports and the ever-rising gap between the demand and production of meat and milk makes Sindh a very lucrative investment destination, he added.

Pakistan's livestock and dairy sector is the backbone of agrarian economy. There is a huge potential in the Livestock, Dairy sector in Sindh. Pakistan ranks as 5th largest milk producer of the world, with 40 billion liters produced annually out of which only a small fraction is processed. Minister said that we assure our best dedicated efforts to make SLE-2020 a memorable and commendable success.

Sardar Hasnain Bahadur Drashak Livestock Minister Punjab appreciated the Sindh Livestock Expo on the occasion and said that this expo is the largest expo of live stock in Pakistan and I was honored by Sindh Livestock Minister Abdul Bari Pitafi for holding this wonderful expo. I appreciate the Government of Sindh. The expo will promote the livestock industry in the country.

Meanwhile, on the occasion the Council Generals of Thailand and Indonesia Theatre Chochata and Totoka Pinamatsu, Syed Sardar Ali Shah, Minister for Culture, Tourism and Antiquities Department, Aijaz Ahmed Mahesar, Secretary, Livestock Department, Abbas Baloch, Commissioner Hyderabad, Dr. Nazeer Hussain Kalhoro, DG Sindh Institute of Animal Health, Dr. Jameel Ahmed, Director General Livestock, Zohair Naseer, M.D. Badar Expo Solutions also talked about the expo.