Poultry farms in Bangladesh are producing approximately 7500 MT poultry waste per day. If not properly manage, this huge amount of poultry waste can pollute soil and water resources, loss fertilizer value and create a negative impact on social and regulatory environment. Lack of proper disposal system of poultry waste is creating environmental and health hazards adjoining areas of the poultry farms.

 

GTZ-SED has successfully developed, field-tested and standardized in Bangladesh, in cooperation with one of the leading poultry breeding farm in Bangladesh Paragon Poultry Ltd., as its ‘Flagship Partner’, a sustainable captive power generation system for Poultry, Dairy and other commercial (agricultural) establishments, which presently generate or have the potential to generate Biogas from bio-wastes, such as poultry litter, cow dung, agricultural / organic residues, produced either on-farm or having easy and cost-effective access to the latter.

 

The system involves use of locally developed cost-effective, user-friendly and simple sulfur and water removal (de-sulfurization and dehydration) process which has been developed and successfully field tested by GTZ-SED.

 

In addition, a system, proven through pilot /field-tests, for proper handling and use of the Nitrogen-Phosphorus-Potassium (NPK) rich effluent (both in its liquid and dried forms) as an organic fertilizer to minimize the use of environmentally harmful and soil-degrading chemical fertilizers (e.g. urea, triple super-phosphate, murate of potash etc.)

 

Central Laboratory of Soil Resource Development Institute and Paragon Agro Limited ( a sister concern of Paragon Group) took the initiative to carry out study on poultry waste Management through semi aerobic composting technology and its impact on soils and crops. Paragon would be the first company getting the permission by the Govt. of Bangladesh to produce and sell organic fertilizer.