Kazi Farms Group
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Poultry |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Founder | Kazi Zahedul Hasan |
| Headquarters | House No. 35, Road 02, Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1205. |
| Owner | Kazi Zahedul Hasan |
Number of employees | 10,000 |
| Website | www |
Kazi Farms Group' is one of the biggest businesses of the poultry industry in Bangladesh.[1] Kazi Zahedul Hasan, the managing director, was awarded Business Person Of The Year for 2004 in Bangladesh.[2] It runs most of its office computers on free and open-source software such as Linux.[3]
List of sister companies[edit]
- Kazi Farms Limited and associated poultry farming companies sell poultry chicks, poultry and fish feed, eggs, live chickens and organic fertilizer across Bangladesh.[4]
- Kazi Food Industries Limited sells its Bellissimo and ZaNZee brands of ice cream, as well as Kazi Farms Kitchen brand of frozen food products across Bangladesh.[5][6]
- Kazi Media Limited (Deepto TV) began broadcasting on 18 November 2015[7]
- Sysnova Information Systems Limited customizes and implements free/open-source Enterprise Resource Planning software for various companies in Bangladesh.[8]
Controversy[edit]
On 22 September 2022, the Bangladesh Competition Commission filed a case against Kazi Farms for destabilizing the stable market by increasing the price of eggs at a higher rate than normal. Hearing the case four days later, the Bangladesh Competition Commission criticized the company for following a strange policy for fixing the price of eggs. In this auction system, the company finalizes a price after the dealers and distributors bid on the base price.[9] Kazi Farms replied that egg prices had indeed spiked abnormally for a week, but the reason was a shortage of trucks following a national increase in the price of diesel.[10] Singaporean economist Indranil Chakraborty examined Kazi Farms' auctions and found them to be a fair and reasonable means of selling agricultural commodities such as eggs, which typically fluctuate daily due to supply and demand.[11]
References[edit]
- ^ "Kazi Farms holds dealers conference". The Daily Star. 22 February 2009. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ "Bangladesh Business Awards 2003". The Daily Star. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ "Bangladesh needs its own Linux operating system". Dhaka Tribune (Op-ed). Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ "Turning chicken manure into organic fertilizer". Dhaka Tribune. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
- ^ "Brand war heats up in ice cream market". The Daily Star. 17 April 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ "Kazi Food Industries". 10 December 2017.
- ^ "Deepto TV launched". New Age.
- ^ "Achieving IT independence through open-source". Dhaka Tribune (Op-ed). Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ "কাজী ফার্মসের ডিম 'নিলাম' পদ্ধতি দেখে প্রতিযোগিতা কমিশনের 'বিস্ময়'" [Competition Commission 'surprised' by Kazi Farms' egg 'auction' method]. Bdnews24.com (in Bengali). 26 September 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
- ^ "Truck shortage was behind recent egg price hike". DhakaTribune.com. 25 August 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
- ^ "Was the egg market manipulated?". DhakaTribune.com. 13 January 2023. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
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