Bangladesh Society of Agronomy organised the two-day 23rd national 2nd international conference titled Smart Agronomy for Sustainable Crop Production commenced at Syed Nazrul Islam Conference Hall of Bangladesh Agricultural University in Mymensingh on Saturday.
BAU vice-chancellor Professor AK Fazlul Haque Bhuiyan was present as chief guest, while Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University pro-VC Professor M Moynul Haque, Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University pro-VC Professor Md Shafiqul Islam Sikdar, IRRI country representative for Bangladesh Humnath Bhandari, and chief technical adviser of FAO Vietnam Saso Martinov were present as special guests at the inaugural session, said a press release.
Presided over by BSA president Noor Ahmed Khandkar, Abdul Awal Mintoo, Lal Teer Seed Limited chairman and BAU syndicate member, was present as聽guest of honour at the conference.
The keynote paper was presented by Debashish Chakraborty, senior scientist, CIMMYT Dhaka, while Professor Md Romij Uddin, head of the department of agronomy, gave a vote of thanks, and a welcome speech addressed by Bangladesh Society of Agronomy general secretary Professor Md Abdul Kader.聽
Vice-president of BSA, Professor AKM Ruhul Amin, gave a speech highlighting the activities of BSA.聽
Eight technical sessions and poster sessions will be held in the workshop, which includes 100 oral and 105 poster presentations.
About six hundred agricultural scientists and invited guests from the United States, Australia, Vietnam,聽the Netherlands, Japan, India, Nepal, among others, are participating in the conference.
