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A team from FAO Bangladesh met with Ms. Matia Chowdhury, MP, Hon’ble Minister of Agriculture on Wednesday, 11 February, 2015 to present the findings of an FAO study into waterlogging in South West Bangladesh – causes and possible measures to be taken. The work is just one part of FAO’s...

The Ministry of Agriculture has endorsed the nomination of “Floating Garden Agriculture Practices”, as the first candidate from Bangladesh to FAO’s global partnership initiative on conservation and adaptive management of ‘Globally-Important Agricultural Heritage System (GIAHS)’ at a meeting on 28 January 2015. The benefits of nomination are to focus attention on...

FAO Representative in Bangladesh yesterday 28 January met a team of top executives from Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), led by Mr. Md. Abdul Karim, Managing Director, to discuss a new strategic partnership between the two organizations, at PKSF Headquarter at Agargaon. In opening the discussions, Mr. Karim described the main...

Mr. Mike Robson, FAO Representative attended the 3rd Annual Scientific Workshop as the Chief Guest, at Sylhet Agriculture University (SAU), organized by Sylhet Agricultural University Research System (SAURES) on Monday, 26 January 2015. He was joined by Prof. Dr. M. Golam Shahi Alam, Vice-Chancellor, SAU and Dr. A. F. M....

Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and FAO-Bangladesh signed a key project document on “Meeting the Under-nutrition Challenge (MUCH)” on Wednesday 14 January to support the government to address insecurity and malnutrition in Bangladesh over the next five years. It will be funded by contributions worth 20 million USD from USAID and...