Rangpur Correspondent :
Experts at a summit workshop have laid emphasis on adoption of zero tillage (ZT) in the rice-wheat farming systems to increase food production substantially saving costs of labour, irrigation and fuel.
They expressed the views at the workshop titled ZT Seeder Summit under ‘Value chain policy interventions to accelerate adoption of zero tillage in the rice-wheat farming systems across the Indo-Gangetic Plains’ project held at RDRS conference room on Monday, a press release said on Monday.
Under the project, a field research study is being conducted to examine how the adoption of ZT seed drills could be accelerated to reduce prevalence of stubble-burning and boost sustainable food production amid water security in the Eastern Gangetic Plains region of Bangladesh.
The University of Adelaide in Australia and RDRS Bangladesh jointly Organized the event with the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)-funding to re-orientate future state and national policies for faster adoption of ZT seed drills.
With Project Leader and Senior Lecturer of the University of Adelaide Dr. Adam Loch in the chair, Chairman of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority Dr. Md. Akram Hossain Chowdhury attended the workshop as chief guest.
Professor of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University Dr. Md. Kamal Uddin Sarker, Professor of Bangladesh Agricultural University Mashiur Rahman, Additional Directors of Department of Agriculture Extension Md. Shah Alam and Md. Abdul Wazed and its Deputy Project Director Md. Shafiqul Islam Sheikh, Project Manager of International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Md. Ashraf Ali spoke as special guests.
Experts at a summit workshop have laid emphasis on adoption of zero tillage (ZT) in the rice-wheat farming systems to increase food production substantially saving costs of labour, irrigation and fuel.
They expressed the views at the workshop titled ZT Seeder Summit under ‘Value chain policy interventions to accelerate adoption of zero tillage in the rice-wheat farming systems across the Indo-Gangetic Plains’ project held at RDRS conference room on Monday, a press release said on Monday.
Under the project, a field research study is being conducted to examine how the adoption of ZT seed drills could be accelerated to reduce prevalence of stubble-burning and boost sustainable food production amid water security in the Eastern Gangetic Plains region of Bangladesh.
The University of Adelaide in Australia and RDRS Bangladesh jointly Organized the event with the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR)-funding to re-orientate future state and national policies for faster adoption of ZT seed drills.
With Project Leader and Senior Lecturer of the University of Adelaide Dr. Adam Loch in the chair, Chairman of Barind Multipurpose Development Authority Dr. Md. Akram Hossain Chowdhury attended the workshop as chief guest.
Professor of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University Dr. Md. Kamal Uddin Sarker, Professor of Bangladesh Agricultural University Mashiur Rahman, Additional Directors of Department of Agriculture Extension Md. Shah Alam and Md. Abdul Wazed and its Deputy Project Director Md. Shafiqul Islam Sheikh, Project Manager of International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center Md. Ashraf Ali spoke as special guests.
