Farmers' gathering in Tangail's Dhanbari discusses 'technology village' activities

A farmers' gathering and exchange meeting on the activities of a 'technology village' was held at Kisamat area of Dhanbari upazila in Tangail. The gathering took place on Saturday afternoon (24 October).

The gathering discussed tree planting under the '25 crore tree planting in 5 years' programme and the activities of the 'technology village' established under the proposed regional office of the Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI) in Tangail.

BRRI's proposed regional office in Tangail organised the event under the Location-Specific Technology Development (LSTD) project for rice varieties and technology innovation and development of existing laboratories.

Chaired by LSTD project director Dr Md Anwar Hossain, the chief guest at the event was Fakir Mahbub Anam Swapan, MP, minister for Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology and for Science and Technology.

The honoured guest was BRRI Director General Dr Md Rafiqul Islam. Special guests were Dr Ibrahim, head and chief scientific officer of BRRI's RFS division, and Dhanbari Upazila Nirbahi Officer Nur Jahan Akter Sathi. The event was conducted by Dr Masud Iqbal, head and senior scientific officer of BRRI's proposed regional office in Tangail.