combatting climate change

�Increase production for food security�

RANGPUR: There is no alternative way to increase agricultural production under adverse impacts of climate change to ensure food security, reports BSS. Agriculture Secretary Shyamol Kanti Ghosh said this while addressing the officials, scientists, researchers and experts of different agriculture related departments, institutions and research organisations here on Saturday as chief guest at a view sharing meeting. The meeting was arranged at the conference room of the On-Farm Research Division (OFRD) of Rangpur Station of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI). Director General of BARI Dr Rafikul Islam Mandal presided over the meeting.
Rangpur Regional Additional Director of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Mohammad Mohsin and Member of the Board of Governance of the BARI Khalilur Rahman Mandal addressed the meeting as the special guests.
Chief Scientific Officer of the OFRD of BARI from Gazipur Dr Mahbubur Rahman Khan delivered welcome speech while its Principal Scientific Officer of the OFRD for Rangpur Station Dr Mazharul Anwar narrated the field level activities. Senior officials, scientists, researchers and experts of the DAE, Seed Certification Agency, Soil Resource Development Institute, Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation, Agriculture Marketing Department, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Bangladesh Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Barind Multipurpose
Development Authorities, Cotton Development Board, Tazhat Agriculture Training Institute, Integrated Agriculture Productivity Project, Integrated Farm management Component, Agriculture Information Service and NGOs participated.

combatting climate change

�Increase production for food security�

RANGPUR: There is no alternative way to increase agricultural production under adverse impacts of climate change to ensure food security, reports BSS. Agriculture Secretary Shyamol Kanti Ghosh said this while addressing the officials, scientists, researchers and experts of different agriculture related departments, institutions and research organisations here on Saturday as chief guest at a view sharing meeting. The meeting was arranged at the conference room of the On-Farm Research Division (OFRD) of Rangpur Station of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI). Director General of BARI Dr Rafikul Islam Mandal presided over the meeting. Rangpur Regional Additional Director of the Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) Mohammad Mohsin and Member of the Board of Governance of the BARI Khalilur Rahman Mandal addressed the meeting as the special guests. Chief Scientific Officer of the OFRD of BARI from Gazipur Dr Mahbubur Rahman Khan delivered welcome speech while its Principal Scientific Officer of the OFRD for Rangpur Station Dr Mazharul Anwar narrated the field level activities. Senior officials, scientists, researchers and experts of the DAE, Seed Certification Agency, Soil Resource Development Institute, Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation, Agriculture Marketing Department, Bangladesh Rice Research Institute, Bangladesh Jute Research Institute, Bangladesh Nuclear Agriculture Research Institute, Barind Multipurpose Development Authorities, Cotton Development Board, Tazhat Agriculture Training Institute, Integrated Agriculture Productivity Project, Integrated Farm management Component, Agriculture Information Service and NGOs participated.