BSS, Rajshahi :
All the field level officials and others concerned should perform their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty for substantial and sustainable reaching of fish farming technologies to the grassroots growers for boosting fish production, fisheries extension officials at a discussion here mentioned.
Stressing the need for enhancing fish farming through the best use of modern technologies and existing natural resources they opined that enhanced fish production can be the effective means to meet the gradually increasing protein demands coupled with poverty alleviation along employment generation. They were addressing the inaugural session of a 10-day training course on skilled development held in the conference hall of Directorate of Fisheries (DoF) in Rajshahi city yesterday.
DoF organized the course for its 25 newly appointed Local Extension Agent for Fisheries (LEAF) in association with ‘Union Level Fish Farming Technology Services Extension Project’.
Project Director Dr Zoarddar Anwarul Haque and Divisional Deputy Director of DoF Mahbub Ul Alam addressed the session as chief and special guests respectively with District Fisheries Officer Golam Rabbani in the chair. Natore District Fisheries Officer Rejaul Islam, Senior Assistant Director Dr Md Niazuddin, Assistant Director Jahangir Alam and Deputy Project Director Ruhul Amin also spoke.
Narrating the salient features of the project Dr Anwarul Haque said the ultimate goal of the project is to expand the modern fish farming technology to the union level for generating income for the rural communities and eradicating poverty through boosting fish yield in all ponds.
The scheme is being implemented in 3,000 Union Parishads (UPs) under 350 Upazilas in the country’s 61 districts simultaneously and one LEAF was appointed from each of the UPs for the project period.
All the field level officials and others concerned should perform their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty for substantial and sustainable reaching of fish farming technologies to the grassroots growers for boosting fish production, fisheries extension officials at a discussion here mentioned.
Stressing the need for enhancing fish farming through the best use of modern technologies and existing natural resources they opined that enhanced fish production can be the effective means to meet the gradually increasing protein demands coupled with poverty alleviation along employment generation. They were addressing the inaugural session of a 10-day training course on skilled development held in the conference hall of Directorate of Fisheries (DoF) in Rajshahi city yesterday.
DoF organized the course for its 25 newly appointed Local Extension Agent for Fisheries (LEAF) in association with ‘Union Level Fish Farming Technology Services Extension Project’.
Project Director Dr Zoarddar Anwarul Haque and Divisional Deputy Director of DoF Mahbub Ul Alam addressed the session as chief and special guests respectively with District Fisheries Officer Golam Rabbani in the chair. Natore District Fisheries Officer Rejaul Islam, Senior Assistant Director Dr Md Niazuddin, Assistant Director Jahangir Alam and Deputy Project Director Ruhul Amin also spoke.
Narrating the salient features of the project Dr Anwarul Haque said the ultimate goal of the project is to expand the modern fish farming technology to the union level for generating income for the rural communities and eradicating poverty through boosting fish yield in all ponds.
The scheme is being implemented in 3,000 Union Parishads (UPs) under 350 Upazilas in the country’s 61 districts simultaneously and one LEAF was appointed from each of the UPs for the project period.
