The 2nd Agro Bangladesh 2011, an agricultural expo participated by 11 countries, will be held in June 26-28 in the capital, said its organisers at a briefing held at a city hotel Wednesday.
The exhibition will be held at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre jointly organised by the Extreme Exhibition and Event Solution Limited and I Station Limited.
Anwar Faruque, director general, seed wing of the agriculture ministry, said that this year the private entrepreneurs were holding the show while last year the government organised it.
FR Malik, president of Bangladesh Seed Grower, Dealer and Merchants Association, said that the main objective of the show was to bring the agro-communities of different countries closer to each other.
'At this largest gathering of agro-community of the country the participants will explore opportunities, exchange ideas and set the future trends for the sector,' he said.
The expo will have 240 stalls of 120 companies from Bangladesh, India, Korea, Taiwan, China, Germany, Singapore, Japan, Netherlands, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
The ministry of agriculture, ministry of fisheries and livestock and Agriculture Information Service will support the show, said the organisers.
Different food products made from the plant sources, fish, poultry and cattle, solar energy technologies, agro-machinery and food technologies will be displayed at the three-day fair.
Fisheries and livestock minister Abdul Latif Biswas is expected to be the chief guest at the opening of the expo, they said.
Eastern Bank Limited deputy managing director Fakhrul Alam and Bangladesh Poultry Industries Association secretary-general MM Khan were present at the briefing, among others
Source : New Age
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