SAARC Agriculture Centre (SAC), Dhaka, Bangladesh organized an expert consultation meeting through video conferencing on “Sustainable Rural Poultry Value Chain Model for Poverty Reduction in South Asia” was held on 17 July 2018.  It was a virtual meeting and the focal persons were connected through video conferencing. The main objectives of the meeting were as follows:

1. Easy access to reasonable price of the rural farmers through establishing market linkage with in value chain model.
2. Strengthening poultry value chain linkage.
3. Helping wider dissemination of knowledge and adaption of poultry value chain model to make profitable poultry business.

The meeting was attended by the six focal point experts from SAARC Member States. A total of six technical papers were presented by the focal point experts. The meeting was inaugurated by Dr. S. M. Bokhtiar, Director, SAARC Agriculture Centre. The meeting was facilitated by Dr. Younus Ali, Senior Technical Officer of the centre. After elaborate discussions, a good set of recommendations were made on different thematic areas for further intervention.