Thrust on sustainable technologies to achieve food, nutrition security

DINAJPUR, June 30 (BSS): Agriculturists at a meeting have stressed the importance of sustainable agricultural technologies at farmers' level for achieving food and nutrition security.
They made the observation at the 'District Level Research Follow-up and Progress Sharing Meeting' organised by RDRS Bangladesh with assistance of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) at its office here on Wednesday afternoon.
The event was arranged under the 'Understanding Farm Household Management Decision making for Increased Productivity in the Eastern Gangetic Plains (FBIP)' Project with financial support from the University of Western Australia.
The project is being implemented in six upazilas of Dinajpur, Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat since July 2018 to find out social, cultural and psychological perspectives of farmers in decision making regarding adoption of newer technologies and practices.
Deputy Director of the DAE for Dinajpur Agriculturist Md. Manjurul Haque attended the meeting as the chief guest.
Rajshahi University teacher Professor Dr. Farid Khan virtually discussed the results of the ongoing research in details as a special guest.