A three-day exposition of agro-industries began at in the capital on Sunday with a view to enable the local and international stakeholders to exchange ideas about the modern technologies in the field.
Fisheries and livestock minister Mohammad Abdul Latif Biswas opened the exposition, 2nd Agro Bangladesh 2011, jointly organised by the Extreme Exhibition and Event Solution Limited and I Station Limited, at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre.
The minister at the inauguration gave a call on the private sector entrepreneurs to introduce novel technologies to augment the development of the agriculture sector in the country.
He informed that the government was working on opening two fisheries research centres in Gopalganj and Kishoreganj.
'If the country can fulfil its target production of 34.78 lakh tonnes of fish in 2012-13, it will be able to export two lakh tonnes of fish and processed fish products that year,' he added.
About 65 agricultural input and equipment manufacture and export-import establishments from 12 countries, namely Bangladesh, India, Korea, Taiwan, China, Thailand, United Kingdom, Germany, Singapore, Japan, Netherlands and Turkey, have participated in the show.
Agricultural machinery, fertilisers, seeds, medicines and other related technologies are showcased at the 165 stalls of the fair, the organisers said.
Presided over by World Poultry Science Association – Bangladesh Branch president Mohamad Abdur Razzaque Mia, the opening programme was addressed by fisheries and livestock secretary Ujjal Bikash Dutta, department of livestock services director-general Mohammad Ashraf Ali, WPSA president Bob Pym, Mohammad Nazrul Islam Khan, personal secretary to the prime minister, Anwar Faruque, director-general of seed wing under agriculture ministry, Mohammad Nazrul Islam, director of Agriculture Information Service, Abdul Matlub, president of India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and MM Khan, secretary-general of Bangladesh Poultry Industries Association, among others.
The exposition, to end on June 28, will be kept open from 10:00am to 8:00pm every day, the organisers said.
Source : New Age
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