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During 2014, Bangladesh agreed to take part in pilot activities for FAO’s new work on sustainable food and agriculture (SFA) methods.  A senior delegation from FAO headquarter (HQ) and Regional Office (RAP), led by Dr. Shivaji Pandey, former Director, Plant Production and Protection Division visited Lalmonirhat and Dinajpur districts in...

Around 40 small scale poultry farmers and 20 senior officials from Department of Livestock Services (DLS) gathered for a handing over ceremony of 40 small-scale commercial poultry sheds in Wazirpur Upazila, Barisal, on Monday, 4 May 2015, supported by a USAID funded FAO project contributing to ‘Improving Food Security of...

FAOR Bangladesh joined the filming of has sponsored “Farmer’s Voice in the Budget” a special edition of the agricultural TV show titled “Hridoye Mati O Manush (Soil and People in the Heart)”, a forum for pre-budget dialogue between farmers and high-level policymakers, held in Fultala upazila, Khulna on Thursday, 23...

The management team and senior staff of FAO Bangladesh – together with Economic Relations Division (ERD), GoB - took part in the first training on “Gender Equality and Women Empowerment”, organized by FAO Bangladesh at the Hotel Westin, Dhaka on 16 April, 2015. The session, facilitated by Ms. Soma Chakrabarti, Gender...

FAO Bangladesh has opened a new annex adjacent to the main representation premises, on Thursday, 23 April, 2015. It will house 15 new staff working on a number of new environment and forestry-related projects. Mr. Mike Robson, FAOR and Dr. Kamal Uddin Ahmed, Secretary in Charge, Ministry of Environment and Forest...