BARI holds research review, planning workshop

Staff Reporter :
The Internal Research review & planning workshop 2023 of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) has been inaugurated today (Sunday, July 30, 2023) at the Kazi Badrudduza Auditorium of the institute.

This workshop has been organized for the purpose of evaluating all the research programs undertaken in the last year 2022-2023 and formulating the research program for the next year 2023-2024 in the light of these experiences. Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) is currently conducting research activities on 211 crops.

A total of 1,290 technologies including 650 high yielding, disease resistant and various adverse environment resistant varieties and 640 other production technologies have been developed by BARI.

Honorable Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture Wahida Akter was the chief guest while Director General of BARI Dr. Debasish Sarker presided over the inaugural ceremony.

Chairman of Bangladesh Agricultural Develop-ment Corporation (BADC) Mr. Abdullah Sazzad ndc, Executive Chairman of Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) Dr. Sheikh Mohammad Bokhtiar, Director General of Directorate of Agricultural Extension (DAE) Mr. Badal Chandra Biswas, Director General of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) Dr. Md. Shahjahan Kabir, Director General of Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA) Dr. Mirza Mofazzal Islam and Director General of National Agriculture Training Academy Mr. Mahmudul Hasan were present as special guests.