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The Lal Teer Livestock Development (BD) Limited (LTLDB) is a leading company providing genetically superior livestock breeds and technical support for genetic improvement potential to the farmers’ network. It belonging to the Multimode Group of companies started functioning since the end of 2010. Its core agricultural sister concern is the Lal Teer Seed Limited (LTSL), which is an international standard Bangladeshi seed company having all requisites of a modern seed company with distribution channel throughout the country and abroad.
With the background of vast experiences in agricultural business, the company has extended its business based on research and development to semen production of farm animals: dairy cattle; dairy, buffalo and beef with integration of disease diagnosis, feed and nutrition, fodder production, milk, and milk products and bio-fertilizer.

LAL TEER LIVESTOCK BUFFALO

PROVEN & TESTED BULL

Quality semen production

High merited semen sales under linked farmers through contract farming as well as to the Dairy and Buffalo farmers network.

WE ARE THE FIRST RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT BASED
LIVESTOCK BREEDING COMPANY IN BANGLADESH

Self-employed AISP Training
Self-employed AISP (Artificial Inseminator) Training facilitation to enhance the tool of Genetic Improvement of Dairy & Beef.

MESSAGE

CHAIRMAN & CEO

Abdul Awal Mintoo

Lal Teer Livestock Development (BD) Limited (LTLDB) is the first Bangladeshi Research and Development (R & D) based "Livestock breeding company" in the private sector. The company was established in 2010 at the bank of Jamuna, Tangail and moved to Bhaluka, Mymensingh, in 2013. The Bull Station is fully equipped with live bull management and semen production and distribution of frozen semen of dairy, beef cattle and buffaloes which is quality certified by ISO (ISO 9001:2015).

DIRECTOR

Tabith M Awal

Livestock is a key component of the agricultural economy of Bangladesh. Despite its modest share of overall GDP, livestock serves an essential role as a source of about 44% of high-quality protein in food supply chain, Employment generation export earnings and provision of food security. Livestock resources play an important role in the substance of landless people, livelihood options for the rural poor families and potentially important for poverty reduction and generate year-round employment. About 70% of the rural households are rearing livestock which generates about 20% of employment and sharing employment is about 50%.

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Message from the Chairman

Lal Teer Livestock Development (BD) Limited (LTLDB) is the first Bangladeshi Research and Development (R & D) based "Livestock breeding company" in the private sector. The company was established in 2010 at the bank of Jamuna, Tangail and moved to Bhaluka, Mymensingh, in 2013. From the very inception LTLD has been working for the improvement of Buffalo and Cattle breed throughout the country. Our R&D includes genetic farm (breeding farm), Bull Stations, Fodder Bank and modern Semen Processing Laboratory, as well as improvement of feed, animal health and management technique for smallholder animal farmers including women entrepreneurs. The Bull Station is fully equipped with live bull management and semen production and distribution of frozen semen of dairy, beef cattle and buffaloes which is quality certified by ISO (ISO 9001:2015).
Lal Teer Livestock Development (BD) Limited is a registered (Reg. no. 02) company for semen production from own bull station, processing and marketing by the regulatory authority of Bangladesh Government, Department of Livestock Services (DLS), Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock.
Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) is one of the most important animal resources for milk and meat production in South Asia and South East Asia. Unfortunately, no visible effort has been made to improve the buffalo breeds for increasing the meat and milk productivity suitable to climate of Bangladesh. In India (70%) and Pakistan (68%), the lion share of their milk production comes from buffalo. Bangladesh is lagging far behind on this. Keeping this in mind, LTLD has been working diligently to bring such an important resource (buffalo) in the mainstream of milk and meat production. India had exported more than US$ 8.0 Billion worth of Buffalo meat in 2018.
The research activities of LTLD include an all out research on genetics characterization of buffalo breed type available in Bangladesh. For the very first time a private sector enterprise had undertaken such scientific activities to improve the livestock breed.
Our Genomic Research includes sequencing, bioinformatics analysis to identify the clear concept on Gene Expression mechanism and Gene Expression regulation factors. This knowledge can make clear the gene expression pathway of any particular gene and possible way of interruption. This knowledge may be useful on more productivity increase. As part of our genomic research to improve the productivity of the local buffalo, we finish the decoding of water buffalo genome under whole genome sequencing project in collaboration with BGI, China with the approval of Department of Livestock Services (DLS). We hope this decoding of buffalo genome will be proven to be a milestone for improving the productivity with follow up research. In relation to this a research article has been published in the world famous international journal "Ecology and Evaluation (volume 9, issue 6)" and in the Wiley Online Library on April 2019 edition, where you will find our valued publication on Buffalo genome sequencing.
Lal Teer Livestock Development Limited (LTLDB) is currently engaged in development, production, processing, storage, packaging, marketing and distribution of all kinds of frozen semen (Cattle & Buffalo) in line with the development program of the Government of Bangladesh. The company has thus established itself as a truly integrated breeding company in the country. The LTLDB scientist’s team is continually engaged in R & D work to improve Cattle & Buffalo breed adopted in the sub-tropical climate of the country. The company believe that the LTLD’s improved breed for milk and beef will reach to the door step of Small Farmers of urban & rural area of Bangladesh, which has been a great service to fueling in improving their financial outcome and livelihood improvement. On the other hand, this is certainly a complement to the overall economy of the country and for food and nutrition security of Bangladesh.

Message from the DCEO

Livestock is a key component of the agricultural economy of Bangladesh. Despite its modest share of overall GDP, livestock serves an essential role as a source of about 44% of high-quality protein in food supply chain, Employment generation export earnings and provision of food security. Livestock resources play an important role in the substance of landless people, livelihood options for the rural poor families and potentially important for poverty reduction and generate year-round employment. About 70% of the rural households are rearing livestock which generates about 20% of employment and sharing employment is about 50%.
As Bangladesh grows in population and income, projected demand for livestock products (milk and meat) is expected to grow dramatically to maintain steady supply to the market, the production must be doubled in 2022. Cattle in Bangladesh are approximately 25 -30% smaller than Indian cattle and produce less than a third of cow’s milk in Pakistan. Average milk and meat production of cattle and buffalo are lower per unit production than that of India and Pakistan. Majority of the national milk deficit is full filled by the imported powder milk and shortage of meat by the live animals supplied from across the border. Dairy and meat sector business links have a deficient supply chain and insufficient coordination. Most of the farmers have very limited information about feed requirement and quality feed utilization, fodder production merit of the breeds available in the dairy including buffalo and meat breeds, cost of in input services, vaccines, diseases and veterinary services housing and management and efficiency of per unit production cost. Milk market and supply chain from production to table lack coordination.
The Lal Teer Livestock Development (BD) Limited (LTLDB) is the first research and development and based (R&D) Company, a sister concern of Lal Teer Seed Limited with the Government Registration (02) and ISO 9001- 2015 Certified in Bangladesh. The primary commitment of the company is to provide farmers with high genetic merited semen acclimatized in local climate for their Dairy cattle and Buffalo and its meat improvement. With this goal the company's started there R&D in 2010 with a team of different partners that resulted in locally developed and adopted breeding Bull for semen production and started semen marketing business in 2016. This Bull Directory is accumulated Lal Teer R&D resulted promising Bulls only, with the quality genetic merit of LTLDB developed Bull: LTLDB started to improve genetic quality of existing cattle and buffaloes stocks of the farmers LTLDB is increasing the coverage of Artificial Insemination (AI) by undertaking continuous AI training in collaboration with the Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh. Other activities of the company are to increase fodder self sufficiency of the farmers and efforts to provide technical service support of the related stakeholders. Quality high merit bulls development under research and development activities of the breeding program of LTLDB is a continuous process. The quality semen production and transferred to the farmers is essential to orient the farmers at the center of the milk and meets efficiency of the country. Before transferring product quality is tested in the laboratory and farmers field.
The ultimate goal is to develop sustainable Bangladeshi breeds adopted in the climate of Bangladesh with the highest efficiency of milk and meat production to attend self-sufficiency of the products in the country for national food security. The company looks forward to making farmers at the center of breed improvement with the other partners and stakeholders.