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In the presence of the  Mr. Mohammed Nasim, MP, Honourable Minister of Health & Family Welfare, and the Dr Shelina Afroza, Secretary, Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock, and Mr. Sayed Monzurul Islam, Secretary, Health and Family Welfare, the 8th annual One Health Bangladesh Conference (29-31 March, 2015), showcased the achievements to...

Around 150 people from a wide range of stakeholders and development partners participated at the handing over ceremony of agriculture machinery organized by FAO at Narail Sadar, in the southern region of Bangladesh on 1 April, 2015. This was one of a series of events across Khulna and Narail Districts...

A total of 40 people drawn from a range of food safety stakeholders participated in a ‘Sensitization Workshop on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) for Horticulture and Poultry Sector Regulators’ arranged by FAO Bangladesh hosted by the Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU) of Ministry of Food, from 22-25 March, 2015....

The theme of the Intational Day of Forests for this year - “Forests and Climate Change” - highlighted forest-based solutions to address climate change mitigation and adaptation, and more broadly forests and sustainable development. At a seminar organised by the Forest Department, and attended by both the Minister of the...

Government of Bangladesh (GoB) and FAO-UN, Bangladesh signed a key project document on “Strengthening National Forest Inventory and Satellite Land Monitoring System in support of REDD+”, to build the capacity of the Bangladesh Forest Department to monitor the state of forest resources in the country.  The global REDD+ programme (Reducing...