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With the funding of USAID and technical expertise from NASS and FAO, A workshop on ‘Establishing Agriculture and Rural Survey calendar of Bangladesh’ was organized on 1-5 August 2016 in Pattaya, Thailand through the partnership of FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and the National Statistics Service (NASS),...

The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) has reached a major milestone in contributing to the global goal of Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation (REDD) by holding an inception workshop and officially launching the Bangladesh National Programme of the United Nations Collaborative Programme on REDD+ in developing countries, known as...

Sheikh Hasina, Hon’ble Prime Minister of bangladesh, in her inaugural speech at the South Asian Right to Food Conference held in May 2015, stated that Bangladesh would continue playing a pivotal role in formulating and implementing an appropriate legal framework in ensuring food and nutrition security for the people in...

Mango season is here again. For FAO, the months leading up to the mango season have been full with activities to support mango farmers across the country (in Satkhira, Chapai Nawabganj, Bholahat, Bagha, Charghat, Godagari as well as Khagrachari and Rangamati). Working in close collaboration with the Hortex Foundation and...

Bangladesh Forest Department, with support from FAO, SilvaCarbon and USAID, is leading the Bangladesh National Forest Inventory (NFI) process. With the participation of 49 national experts from over 15 national organizations, a national consultation workshop was held on 2 June 2016, organized by FAO Project on “Strengthening National Forest Inventory and...