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The root cause behind the initiation was the significance of agricultural sector, which had been the backbone of the national economy since the ancient times. The research first started in the department of Genetics and Plant Breeding in Bangladesh Agricultural University through Tissue culture on jute.
Some useful resources for learning about e-agriculture in practice are the World Bank's e-sourcebook ICT in agriculture – connecting smallholder farmers to knowledge, networks and institutions (2011), [2] ICT uses for inclusive value chains (2013), [3] ICT uses for inclusive value chains (2013) [4] and Success stories on information and ...
The following is a List of Bangladeshi inventions and discoveries which lists inventions and discoveries made by Bangladeshis both within Bangladesh and outside the region, which owe their existence either partially or entirely to a person born in Bangladesh.
Agricultural technology or agrotechnology (abbreviated agtech, agritech, AgriTech, or agrotech) is the use of technology in agriculture, horticulture, and aquaculture with the aim of improving yield, efficiency, and profitability. Agricultural technology can be products, services or applications derived from agriculture that improve various ...
Airtel Bangladesh: Telecommunications Mobile telecommunications Dhaka: 2007 4G cellular, part of Axiata (Malaysia) P A Akij: Conglomerates - Dhaka: 1940 Textiles, tobacco, food & beverage, cement, ceramics, printing, pharma, consumer products, automobile, hospital P A Alim Industries Limited: Industrials - Sylhet: 1990 Agricultural machinery P ...
Founded in 1990, [2] it is both the largest and oldest agricultural equipment maker in the country. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Having initially only associated with the tea processing industry in Sylhet, [ 5 ] it later expanded to include the manufacture of general farming machinery, specialising in tillers , seeders and power threshers among others.
Farmers have manipulated plants and animals through selective breeding for decades of thousands of years in order to create desired traits. In the 20th century, a surge in technology resulted in an increase in agricultural biotechnology through the selection of traits like the increased yield, pest resistance, drought resistance, and herbicide resistance.
A steady increase in agricultural production with the use of modern equipment and scientific methods, agriculture has been a key driver to eradicate rural poverty in Bangladesh. The risk of sea level rising and global warming is the biggest challenge not only to country's agricultural improvement but also the success on poverty reduction.