BSS, Rangpur :
Experts at a review workshop have stressed popularising climate resilient farm practices to increase crop output to speed up local development through improving livelihoods of small and marginal farmers.
Practical Action Bangladesh (PAB) jointly with Caritas Bangladesh organised the review workshop of the ‘Local Economic Development Forum’ on Thursday at Upazila Agriculture Office auditorium in Parbotipur upazila town of Dinajpur district.
Parbotipur Upazila Agriculture Officer Abu Fattah Md Rawshan Kabir presided over the workshop organised under the Climate Resilient Agriculture project. Officials, experts and service providers of different agricultural related departments, NGOs and project staff participated in the workshop and assessed economical, social and environmental benefits of Climate Resilient Agriculture technologies.
Parbotipur Upazila Parishad Chairman Aminul Islam attended the workshop as the chief guest.
Parbotipur Upazila Vice-chairman Shahida Khatun, Animal Resources
Veterinary Surgeon Dr Asaduzzaman, Credit Supervisor of Youth Development Department Abdu Mazed, Market Development Filed Facilitator of PAB Rakibuzzaman Sujan addressed as special guests.
President of Dangapara Sales and Service Centre Hasna Banu, Barodal sales and Service Centre Karobi Tudu, Marketing officer of Renata Mizanur Rahman, Paramedical Veterinary Surgeon Dr Azgar Ali, also spoke.
Filed officer of the Climate Resilient Agriculture project of Caritas Bangladesh Joseph Soren narrated the project objectives to protect and promote the indigenous, eco-friendly farm practices and interests of the small and marginal farmers.
Assistant Agriculture Officer Mahbubur Rahman said the eco-friendly indigenous and climate resilient agricultural practices and technologies were very much cost effective at household levels and could easily be carried out by the poor or small farmers.
The chief guest appreciated efforts of PAB and Caritas Bangladesh in popularising eco-friendly and climate resilient farm practices and technologies and suggested all concerned for reaching the technologies at the doorstops of small and marginal farmers.
‘Bangladesh role model for development’
Another report adds: The tremendous success achieved by the present government in development has turned Bangladesh into a role model for upgrading the life standard of the common people.
This view was expressed at a discussion organised by the District
Information Office at Begum Rokeya Smriti Degree College at Pairaband village under Mithapukur upazila with assistance of the upazila administration on Thursday afternoon.
The discussion was arranged for informing the common people about the ten special development initiatives of the prime minister, successes achieved by the government and its future development plans to further speed up national development.
Mithapukur Upazila Nirbahi Officer Harun Ar Rashid addressed the discussion on the government successes and preventing terrorism and militancy as the chief guest with Senior District Information Officer Md Humayun Kabir in the chair.
Mithapukur Upazila Agriculture Officer Khorshed Alam, Pairaband Union Parishad Chairman Foyzar Rahman Khan, Vice-principal Abu Al Baker, Upazila Secondary Education Officer Zahidul Islam, Upazila Women Affairs Officer Mollika Pervin addressed as special guests.
At the beginning, Humayun Kabir discussed the successes achieved by the government during the past eight years in the implementation of the Vision 2021, Charter of Changes and digitisation to accelerate pace of development.
He narrated the prime minister’s ten special initiatives of ‘Ektee Bari, Ektee Khamar’ project, Asrayan Prokalpo, digital Bangladesh, education assistance, women empowerment, electricity for all, social safety, community clinic and mental health, investment development and environment protection programmes.
He discussed the successes achieved in the education, health, agriculture, poverty alleviation, social safety-net, power generation, road communication, women and children development, women empowerment and digitisation and ICT sectors.
He mentioned epoch-making successes like self-reliance in food,
strengthening local government, self-employments, producing skilled human recourses, prevention of militancy, terrorism, drug abuse, dowry, child marriage and superstitions.
Later, heads of upazila level different government offices discussed the successes achieved by their respective departments in accelerating
development while the civil society members narrated stories of changing life standard of the common people.
The chief guest narrated future development plans of the government and success already achieved in reaching government services easily at the peoples’ doorsteps in building a middle income nation by 2021 and developed country by 2041 next.
