Campus report :
A Five day long conference on “Conservation Agriculture for Smallholders in Asia and Africa” started at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh on Monday.
BAU Vice-chancellor Prof Dr Md. Rafiqul Hoque inaugurated the conference as chief guest, while Prof Dr Mesbauddin Ahmed, Convener Dean Council of BAU, Prof Dr Richard W Bell, Murdoch University Australia, Prof Dr Amir Kassam,University of Reading, UK, Dr Jiban Krishna Biswas, Director General of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute and Dr Mike Robson, FAO representative in Bangladesh spoke on the occassion.
As many as 14 organizations including BAU, IDE-Bangladesh, Murdoch University, FAO, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), BARC, BARI and BRRI contributed to organizing and hosting of the Conference.
BAU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Md. Rafiqul Hoque said over the last decade, research in Bangladesh has demonstrated that conservation agriculture practices could have a major role in adapting cropping to variable and changing climate, to reversing the declines in groundwater levels, and overcoming scarcity of farm labour and rising costs of production through mechanization. The govt is also very pleased to note that conservation agriculture has water saving benefits as well as cost savings.
The scientists of the conference said, while conservation agriculture covers 157 million hectares globally it has mostly been a system adopted by large farmers with heavy machinery, only a small percentage of conservation agriculture is practiced in Asia and Africa.
In Bangladesh effort has been undertaken to develop minimum tillage for small farms for 20 years, the adoption of full conservation agriculture on farms is still limited.
After inaugural guests were visited different stall those are arranged by different national and international organizations for the fair.
About 150 participants from 19 countries across the world are participating in this conference.
A Five day long conference on “Conservation Agriculture for Smallholders in Asia and Africa” started at Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) in Mymensingh on Monday.
BAU Vice-chancellor Prof Dr Md. Rafiqul Hoque inaugurated the conference as chief guest, while Prof Dr Mesbauddin Ahmed, Convener Dean Council of BAU, Prof Dr Richard W Bell, Murdoch University Australia, Prof Dr Amir Kassam,University of Reading, UK, Dr Jiban Krishna Biswas, Director General of Bangladesh Rice Research Institute and Dr Mike Robson, FAO representative in Bangladesh spoke on the occassion.
As many as 14 organizations including BAU, IDE-Bangladesh, Murdoch University, FAO, Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), BARC, BARI and BRRI contributed to organizing and hosting of the Conference.
BAU Vice Chancellor Prof Dr Md. Rafiqul Hoque said over the last decade, research in Bangladesh has demonstrated that conservation agriculture practices could have a major role in adapting cropping to variable and changing climate, to reversing the declines in groundwater levels, and overcoming scarcity of farm labour and rising costs of production through mechanization. The govt is also very pleased to note that conservation agriculture has water saving benefits as well as cost savings.
The scientists of the conference said, while conservation agriculture covers 157 million hectares globally it has mostly been a system adopted by large farmers with heavy machinery, only a small percentage of conservation agriculture is practiced in Asia and Africa.
In Bangladesh effort has been undertaken to develop minimum tillage for small farms for 20 years, the adoption of full conservation agriculture on farms is still limited.
After inaugural guests were visited different stall those are arranged by different national and international organizations for the fair.
About 150 participants from 19 countries across the world are participating in this conference.
