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Ektee Bari Ektee Khamar project (Bengali: একটি বাড়ি একটি খামার) (one house, one farm, project) is a Bangladesh government social welfare program designed to promote farming and welfare in rural Bangladesh and reduce rural poverty in Bangladesh through small loans. [1] Akber Hossain is the project director in ...
Agriculture is the largest employment sector in Bangladesh, making up 14.2 percent of Bangladesh's GDP in 2017 and employing about 42.7 percent of the workforce. [1] As of the financial year 2022 to 2023, the agricultural sector contributed to more than 12% of GDP. [ 2 ]
In 2007, it was renamed to SAARC Agriculture Centre. The capital cost for establishing the centre was provided by the Government of Bangladesh. With the passage of time, the Centre braced up for broader challenges to make regional cooperation more responsive to the changing needs of the farming communities and relevant stakeholders.
Experts point out that while Bangladesh has made remarkable progress in rice production, there remains a considerable gap in productivity, with the growth rate stagnating at around 1%, compared to higher rates in neighbouring countries. Climate change poses a significant challenge, leading to large swaths of arable land remaining uncultivated.
Bangladesh Agricultural Development Corporation or BADC, [1] is an autonomous government body that manages the agricultural Inputs Supplier i.e. agricultural seeds, non-nitrogen fertilizer and Minor Irrigation facilitating to farmers of Bangladesh and is located in Motijheel Thana, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute traces its origins to Dhaka farm which was established in 1908. Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute was established in 1976 as an autonomous research institute. [2] The research compound of the central station is spread over 176 hectares of land of which 126 hectares are experiment fields.
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council is the body in charge of the National Agricultural Research System and is located in Farmgate, Dhaka, Bangladesh. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The institute won the Independence Award in 2021 for its outstanding contribution to research and training.
On 22 September 2022, the Bangladesh Competition Commission filed a case against Kazi Farms for destabilizing the stable market by increasing the price of eggs at a higher rate than normal. Hearing the case four days later, the Bangladesh Competition Commission criticized the company for following a strange policy for fixing the price of eggs.