Speakers at a Regional Supervision and Review
Workshop here today said the government is implementing various projects at
farmers’ level aiming to provide nutrition support to the people.
To produce healthy food and ensure nutrition, the government has taken an
integrated programme with its three departments -Agriculture, Livestock and
Fisheries, they said.
Under the programmes, farmers’ teams are being formed with the landless and
marginal farmers to make them ideal by providing skilled development training
and various incentives, the speakers added.
They said these while speaking at the workshop on Diversified Resilient
Agriculture for Improved Food and Nutrition Security (RAIN) under a sub
project of Smallholders Agriculture Competitiveness Project (SACP) at the
training room of Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) in the town.
Additional Director (In-charge) of the DAE, Mymensingh Region, Ms Salma
Akhtar adressed the workshop as the chief guest while Project Director of
SCAP-RAINS Dr
Muhammad Emdadul Haque was present as special guest.
Deputy Director of the DAE Zakia Sultana presided over the workshop while
Chief Scientific Officer of Regional Agriculture Research Institute Dr
Manjurul Kadir and District Fisheries Officer SM Khalekuzzaman spoke, among
others, at the workshop.
Upazila Agriculture Officers, Upazila Fisheries Officers, Upazila Livestock
Officers, Deputy Director of Bangladesh Agriculture Development Corporation,
Sub-Assistant Agriculture Officers, Farmers and members of Non-government
Organisations of the district took part in the workshop.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha