RAJSHAHI, June 22, 2019 (BSS) – Speakers at a training programme today laid emphasis on practicing of modern farming techniques and postharvest management for maximizing the immense potentiality of mango production in the region.
“Growers should be educated on using modern techniques and post-harvest
management so that they could be benefited more,” said Komolaranjan Das,
Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, while addressing the
opening session of a daylong farmers training here.
He said large-scale promotion of bio-rational pest management in mango
farming has become crucial for boosting the mango production side by side
with reducing toxic chemical pesticides and management of different insects
and pest in mango in the region.
The chief guest mentioned that the field level fruit researchers and
scientists should discharge their duties with highest sincerity and honesty
for disseminating advantages of modern methods and technologies.
Fruit Research Station (FRS) of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute
(BARI) organized the training titled “Modern Techniques and Postharvest
Management in Mango Production” at its conference hall.
Chaired by FRS Principal Scientific Officer Dr Alim Uddin, the session
was addressed, among others, by BARI Director (Research) Dr Abdul Wahab,
Director General of Bangladesh Sugar Crop Research Institute Dr Amzad Hossain
and its Director (Research) Dr Samajit Kumar Paul, Chief Scientific Officer
and Head of Farm Machinery and Postharvest Process Engineering Division of
BARI Dr Ayub Hossain and Deputy Director of Department of Agriculture
Extension Shamsul Haque.
Komolaranjan Das urged the farmers to follow the guideline of the field
level agricultural officials and scientists during mango farming.
Using chemical pesticides on farm lands is always harmful to soil and
public health, crops and environment. So, it is urgent for promoting bio-
rational pest management widely.
He said BARI has developed a number of bio-rational-based integrated
pest management technologies of mango and has been expanding those to farmers
level through various training and motivational programmes.
He also urged the attending farmers to motivate others in this regard
through the best uses of their knowledge acquired from the training, as
holistic efforts are very vital to attain the cherished goal.