Jessore Correspondent :
Vowing to take agri-based facilities to the doorsteps of the farmers extended agricultural servicing centers were kicked off at a total of 139 agricultural blocks on Thursday.
Prodip Kumar Mondol, Additional Director, Agricultural Extension Department inaugurated the service in at a programme held at a community centre at Patibila under Chaugachha upazila in the morning.
Chaired by Dr. M. Ehsanur Rahman, Executive Director of Dhaka Ahsania Mission, the programme was also attended among others by Nittya Ranjan Biswas, deputy director, DAE, Jessore, Dr. Anil Kumar Das, deputy director, ICT Management, DAE, Khamarbari, Dhaka and K. M. Shahabuddin Ahmed, upazila agriculture officer, Chaugachha, Jessore. Representatives from the agricultural extension project including the chief of party, Daniel Owen Coster, deputy chief of party (operations), Shoeb Uddin Ahmed and regional manager, Jessore, Mohammad Shawkat Ali were also present at the launching ceremony.
The USAID Agricultural Extension Support Activity, implemented by Dhaka Ahsania Mission with technical partners CARE Bangladesh and mPower, wants to strengthen the existing capacity of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE).
Vowing to take agri-based facilities to the doorsteps of the farmers extended agricultural servicing centers were kicked off at a total of 139 agricultural blocks on Thursday.
Prodip Kumar Mondol, Additional Director, Agricultural Extension Department inaugurated the service in at a programme held at a community centre at Patibila under Chaugachha upazila in the morning.
Chaired by Dr. M. Ehsanur Rahman, Executive Director of Dhaka Ahsania Mission, the programme was also attended among others by Nittya Ranjan Biswas, deputy director, DAE, Jessore, Dr. Anil Kumar Das, deputy director, ICT Management, DAE, Khamarbari, Dhaka and K. M. Shahabuddin Ahmed, upazila agriculture officer, Chaugachha, Jessore. Representatives from the agricultural extension project including the chief of party, Daniel Owen Coster, deputy chief of party (operations), Shoeb Uddin Ahmed and regional manager, Jessore, Mohammad Shawkat Ali were also present at the launching ceremony.
The USAID Agricultural Extension Support Activity, implemented by Dhaka Ahsania Mission with technical partners CARE Bangladesh and mPower, wants to strengthen the existing capacity of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE).
