A 11-member delegation of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) has visited Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) in Gazipur yesterday, says a press release.
The members of the delegation include representatives from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and CIMMYT and South Asia Biosafety Program. Dr. Pradyumna Raj Pandey, Senior Program Specialist, SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka led the delegation.
BARI Director (Training and Communication) Zebun Nessa with other directors welcomed the delegation at the time of their arrival in the institute in the morning. Chief Scientific Officer of Pomology Division of the Horticulture Research Center Dr. Babul Chandra Sarker gave a brief PowerPoint presentation on the activities and achievements of BARI at Seminar room. BARI Director (Research) Dr. Md. Abdul Wohab, Director (Support Services) Dr. Madan Gopal Saha, Director (Training & Communication) Zebun Nessa, Director (Horticulture) Dr. Abeda Khatun, senior scientists, officers, among others, were present on the occasion.
Later, the delegation visited Biotechnology Lab, IPM and Toxicology Lab, FMPE Lab, Post-harvest Lab and expressed their satisfaction by seeing activities, advancement and achievements of BARI.
The members of the delegation include representatives from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and CIMMYT and South Asia Biosafety Program. Dr. Pradyumna Raj Pandey, Senior Program Specialist, SAARC Agriculture Centre, Dhaka led the delegation.
BARI Director (Training and Communication) Zebun Nessa with other directors welcomed the delegation at the time of their arrival in the institute in the morning. Chief Scientific Officer of Pomology Division of the Horticulture Research Center Dr. Babul Chandra Sarker gave a brief PowerPoint presentation on the activities and achievements of BARI at Seminar room. BARI Director (Research) Dr. Md. Abdul Wohab, Director (Support Services) Dr. Madan Gopal Saha, Director (Training & Communication) Zebun Nessa, Director (Horticulture) Dr. Abeda Khatun, senior scientists, officers, among others, were present on the occasion.
Later, the delegation visited Biotechnology Lab, IPM and Toxicology Lab, FMPE Lab, Post-harvest Lab and expressed their satisfaction by seeing activities, advancement and achievements of BARI.
