Sylhet Bureau :
A training workshop on Farm Mobile App and Crop Zoning System has been held for the officials of Sylhet Region of the Department of Agricultural Extension.
This workshop was held on Saturday (17th May) morning at the conference room of the Additional Director of Agriculture, Sylhet Region organized by the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council.
BARC, SRS Division Member Director Dr. Md. Baktiar Hossain presided over
the training workshop.
Dr. Md. Mosharraf Hossain, Additional Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension, Sylhet Region attend the workshop as a chief guest.
Dr. Md. Aziz Jilani Chowdhury, BARC Crop Expert of the Crop Zoning Project.Abid Hossain Chowdhury, Project Manager of the Crop Zoning Project, presented the Crop Zoning System also spoke the workshop.
Hamidur Rahman, Director of the Crop Zoning Project (Computer and GIS Unit), gave a presentation on the use of the Khamari Mobile App.
It was informed in the workshop that the importance of agriculture in the economy of Bangladesh is immense. However, current agriculture is facing many challenges such as rapid population growth, decreasing arable land, effective and proper use of land and soil resources and agricultural inputs, differences in yields at the field level with research, and increasing capacity to cope with the effects of climate change.
In order to provide food to the population against the decreasing arable land and limited natural resources, it is necessary to ensure the best use and management of agricultural land. In this context, it is essential to formulate a sustainable agricultural development plan and apply suitable technology. Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) has been implementing crop zoning since 2017 with the aim of formulating a sustainable agricultural production plan to address the existing challenges of agriculture.
Through this, it is possible to save fertilizer costs and increase yields. Which will play a helpful role in enriching the country’s economy.
The programme was hosted by Mustafa Iqbal Azad, Deputy Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension, Sylhet.
