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Farmers have celebrated the launch of 55 digital village centres with fairs throughout the country. Farmer producer organizations and their apex, the Sara Bangla Krishak Society (SBKS), established the digital centres with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Agriculture. The producer...

Dhaka faces pressing problems in supplying all of its 20 million plus population with affordable, safe, and nutritious food. Experts today met to take the first steps to formulate the Dhaka Food Agenda 2041 which aims to develop integrated solutions that will address Dhaka's present and future food needs. Dhaka, which...

Dhaka, Bangladesh – FAO’s Meeting the Undernutrition Challenge (MUCH) project, together with the Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU) of the Ministry of Food, held a National Consultation to present the draft Third Country Investment Plan (CIP3). Two key publications were released at the event which also included the launch...

Dhaka, Bangladesh – Potato producers have come together to inaugurate this year’s exports in a sign of the country’s continued success in selling potatoes abroad. Four potato producer cooperatives joined the inauguration in Pairabandh, Mithapukur, – the third annual inauguration in a row. Guests included Mr. Md. Sayedul Islam, Secretary of the...

Dhaka and Gazipur, Bangladesh – At the end of a five-day visit to Bangladesh and following the close of APRC36, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu visited a thriving commercial fish pond, a bio-secure model poultry farm, and two of the country’s leading centres for agricultural research and innovation. Minister for Agriculture Mohammad...