BRAC Enterprises
Aarong
Initiated 1978
Description Aarong is one of the most unique
heritage brands for retail clothing, linen,
shoes, accessories and home decor
products.
Total Outlets 9
BRAC Dairy
Initiated 1998
Description BRAC Dairy was established to provide a
fair price for milk to the members of BRAC’s
Village Organisations who invested micro
loans received from BRAC for cows.
Dairy Chilling Centres 100
Artificial Insemination
Initiated 2000
Description Artificial Insemination enterprise was set up
to create synergies with the BRAC Dairy
enterprise as livestock is considered as an
important tool in poverty alleviation.
Service Centres 68
BRAC Poultry
Initiated 1996
Description BRAC Poultry has contributed to the overall
growth of the poultry industry in the country
and created income-generating activities for
millions of rural poor.
Poultry Farms 6
BRAC Feed Mills
Initiated 1999
Description BRAC Feed Mills were established in 1999
with the objective to produce quality feed for
poultry, cattle and fish.
Feed Mills 2
BRAC Broiler Processing & Marketing
Initiated 2001
Description BRAC Broiler Processing & Marketing is
the largest automated plant in Bangladesh
was set up to meet the growing demand for
dressed chicken.
Meat Processed 1600 metric tons (approx.)
BRAC Fisheries
Initiated 1998
Description BRAC Fisheries supplies fish spawn, prawn
PL, fish fry, and fingerling/juvenile in response
to the needs of commercial fish farms that
have emerged due to the decline in wild
stocks.
Fish Hatcheries 12
BRAC Salt Industries
Initiated 2004
Description Salt Industries was initiated in 2004 to
respond to a public health need - the lack of
iodized salt in the country.
Total Production 11,149 metric tons
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Sanitary Napkin & Delivery Kit
Initiated 1999
Description Sanitary Napkin and Sterilized Delivery Kit
production centre were setup in 1999 to
answer public health need of rural women in
Bangladesh.
Production Centres 6
BRAC Cold Storage
Initiated 1980
Description BRAC Cold Storage operates a storage
facility in Comilla district to support farmers
store their harvested yields.
Capacity 4,000 metric tons
BRAC Tea Estates
Initiated 2003
Description BRAC Tea Estates were acquired in 2003
and established as an income- generating
concern where surplus income is diverted to
the development programmes.
Tea Gardens 4
BRAC Sericulture
Initiated 1978
Description BRAC sericulture organises women to
undertake mulberry cultivation, silkworm and
seed production, reeling and spinning of silk
yarn, and weaving and marketing silk.
Land Under Mulberry 2,961
Cultivation (in acres)
BRAC Horticulture
Initiated 1994
Description BRAC Horticulture initiated with a purpose to
produce good quality seedlings and make it
available throughout the country.
Horticulture Nurseries 15
Alternate Energy & Renewables
Initiated Recycled Handmade Paper: 2000; BRAC
Solar: 1998
Description BRAC Recycled Handmade Paper (RHMP)
synthesises paper from materials gathered
from several projects and branch offices
under BRAC, while BRAC Solar installs solar
panels in rural, remote and off-grid areas.
Facilities/unit offices RHMP Production Unit: 1
BRAC Solar Unit Offices: 276
BRAC Printers
Initiated 1977
Description The printing enterprise is a full-service desktop
publishing facility and 80 per cent of its
materials production is for BRAC’s education
programme and office requirements.
BRAC Printing Pack
Initiated 2005
Description The BRAC Printing Pack produces finished
flexible packaging materials and provides
employment to over 100 workers.
Total Production 1500 metric tons (approx
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