BANGLADESH LAUNCHES MOBILE SMS SERVICE TO FIGHT ANIMAL DISEASES
November 1st, 2016
THE BANGLADESH government has launched mobile SMS (short message service) services to educate small farmers about animal diseases and treatment, officials have told GlobaMeatNews.
The state department of livestock services (DLS) has used a seed grant (of USD23,600) from a government innovation fund (part of a Prime Minister’s Office’s Access to Information project - a2i) to start the text messaging operation last month (October). Muhammed Sayedul Hoque, fisheries and livestock minister, inaugurated the operation.
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