One gifted goat became 80 in four years, after early deaths from wrong feed and disease

In Rupshi, Rupganj, Narayanganj, farmland and grazing land have shrunk as factories have multiplied. There, a young man who is a master's student at Jagannath University had learned hands-on at his aunt's farm of more than 80 goats. In 2018 his aunt gave him a Jamunapari goat with young as a gift.

According to a Prothom Alo report, with no grazing land and no grass, he fed it all sorts of things without knowing better, and within a week the mother goat died, though before that she gave birth to two kids. In the first year and a half, a good number of goats died because he lacked knowledge about diseases. He became skilled while the university was closed during Covid. When the herd grew, the goats got into neighbours' houses and complaints came in, and several also died in road accidents; he was then forced to start keeping them on the roof of his house.

For feed, he cuts grass free of charge from empty land at factories — the factories contact him to save on the cost of clearing it — and collects branches cut from nearby houses. In four years at least 80 goats have been born on the farm; at the time of the report there were 20 to 30 goats on the roof. A friend arranges selling the goats online. The report gives no specific income figure.