BARI, BIRTAN sign MoU

National Desk :

A memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing ceremony between Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) and Bangladesh Institute of Research and Training on Applied Nutrition (BIRTAN) was held on Tuesday at the BARI seminar room.

BARI Director General Dr Debasish Sarker and Executive Director (Additional Secretary) of Bangladesh Institute of Research and Training on Applied Nutrition (BIRTAN) Md. Abdul Wadud signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organisation Chief scientific officer of Training and Communication Wing of BARI Dr Ashraf Uddin Ahmed and Chief Scientific Officer and Head of Division (C.C) of Postharvest Technology Division Md. Hafizul Haque Khan were present on the occasion.

The event was coordinated by Senior Scientific Officer of Training and Communication Wing Dr Md. Emran Khan Chowdhury. Scientists and officers from BARI and BIRTAN were present their also.

The MoU was signed for mutual cooperation to create research areas for researchers and to create joint working opportunities with the aim of increasing technical knowledge and skills among themselves.

Note that BARI is the largest multi-crop research institute in Bangladesh.

BARI has so far developed 650 crop varieties and 640 technologies.

BARI and BIRTAN will work together for nutrition security of country.