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CONSUMPTION OF PITHA AND IMPORT OF POWDERED MILK IN BANGLADESH

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Author Name: Parvin, R., Mannan, M.A., Hossain, M.S., Islam and F.
Research Area: Agricultural Science
Volume: 10
Issue: 02
Page No: 28–34
Emailed: 1
Total Downloads: 375
Country: Bangladesh
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Pitha is the vital part of the heritage of Bangladesh since the time immemorial and habit of dairy milk drinking is being treated as one of the good attitudes towards food item for the students. So to explore knowledge on pitha and milk consumption pattern in the present residents of the respondents and also in the houses of grandparents of the said school and college goers in 36 districts of Bangladesh, a total of 100 students were enumerated from November 2021 to April 2022. Different published articles were also cited to explore knowledge on powdered milk consumption and import pattern in Bangladesh to study the actual necessities to import powdered milk.  A very good numbers and types of pithas were found at grand parents’ houses of the respondents. All school and college goers used to eat milk pitha and familiar with different types of pithas like chittai pitha, kuli pitha and kola pitha. Favorite food items of the respondents were ice cream, biriyani, chicken fry and roast, sweet meat and milk drinks at home but they loved to have ice cream (69%), fuchka (41%) and potato chips and so on during travel to somewhere. Demand of dairy milk was estimated considering all human beings wants to drink as per WHO prescribed amount on a daily basis in a year but the fact is that about 14% of the respondent in the present study did not drink milk, moreover those who took the milk did not drink on a regular basis. Dairy farmers are not getting prices of their produces in peak season and milk processors in Bangladesh also unable to process huge amount of milk to powder due to the huge lacking of structured supply system and lack of organized market. So an in-depth study encompassing consumers, marketers, processors and milk producers is meaningful to come up with a concrete decision to set the demand of dairy milk and import powdered milk in Bangladesh.