RANGPUR, Sept 2 (BSS): Experts at the concluding ceremony of a fair have stressed for adoption of the latest agriculture technologies to increase production of crops and fruits to ensure food security, meet nutrition demand and alleviate poverty.
Citing adverse impacts of climate change, they put emphasis on innovating time-befitting technologies for cultivation of crops and hybrid variety fruits through imparting training to the farmers, men and women to further increase crop and fruit production.
They were addressing concluding ceremony of the three-day 'Upazila Agriculture Technology and Fruit Tree Fair-2014' jointly organised by Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) and upazila administration on Mithapukur upazila parishad premises here on Monday afternoon.
Earlier, Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee of the Ministry of Public Administration H M Ashikur Rahman, MP, formally inaugurated the fair at a ceremony arranged there on last Friday as the chief guest.
Regional Additional Director of DAE Kamal Kumar Sarker attended the concluding ceremony as the chief guest and distributed prizes among the best stall owners with Mithapukur Upazila Agriculture Officer Khorshed Alam in the chair.
Deputy Director of the DAE Zulfiqar Haider addressed the ceremony as the special guest. Sub-assistant Agriculture Officer Tarekuzzaman and successful 'Haribhanga' mango grower Alhaj Abdus Salam Sarker also spoke on the occasion participated by farmers, nursery owners, government and NGO officials teachers, students and local elite.
Latest technologies for boosting crop, fruit production stressed
FE Team | Published: September 03, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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