Скачать или смотреть Appropriate Scale Mechanization Innovation Hub (ASMIH)-Bangladesh workshop 2020: Dr P V Vara Prasad

Feed the Future program and USAID, USA funded project "Appropriate Scale Mechanization Innovation Hub (ASMIH)-Bangladesh" organized a Virtual Annual Workshop 2020 on Wednesday, September 23, 2020 at zoom online platform. The theme of the workshop was Appropriate Scale Mechanization: A Key to Sustainable Food Security in Bangladesh. The Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification (SIIL) based in the Kansas State University, USA, Appropriate Scale Mechanization Consortium (ASMC) based in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA and Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Bangladesh have partnered to host the event.

Dr. Muhammad Abdur Razzaque, MP, Honorable Minister, Ministry of Agriculture, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh was the Chief Guest of the inaugural session of the workshop. Professor Dr. Lutful Hassan, Vice Chancellor, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh was present as the Chief Patron of the Inaugural session. Professor Dr. P. V. Vara Prasad, Director, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Collaborative Research on Sustainable Intensification (SIIL), Kansas State University, USA was the Special Guest in the inaugural session. Professor Dr. Prasanta K. Kalita, Director, Appropriate Scale Mechanization Consortium (ASMC), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA was the Chair of the inaugural session of the workshop. A panel discussion session on the workshop theme was taken place at 10:25 am on Wednesday September 23, 2020 involving distinguished panelists Professor Dr. M. A. Sattar Mandal, Emeritus Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh; Dr. Wais Kabir, Former Executive Chairman, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC), Bangladesh; Mr. Md. Hamidur Rahman, Former Director General, Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), Ministry of Agriculture, Bangladesh; Dr. F. H. Ansarey, Managing Director & CEO, ACI Agribusinesses, Bangladesh and Professor Dr. Md. Monjurul Alam, Project Director, ASMIH-Bangladesh, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh. The workshop was concluded by the closing remarks of Professor Dr. Md. Jasimuddin Khan, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Bangladesh and Dr. Md. Nazirul Islam, Director General, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, Bangladesh. The whole workshop was moderated by the Dr. Chayan Kumer Saha, Associate Director, ASMIH-BD and Professor at the Department of Farm Power and Machinery, BAU, Mymensingh.