Bari, Intefa sign MoU

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (Bari) and farm products producer Intefa signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Saturday.

Ferdousi Islam, director for the training and communication wing of the Bari, and Kazi MA Dawood Ibrahim, president of Intefa, inked the deal at Le Meridien Dhaka hotel, a press release said.

Under the MoU, the Bari and Intefa will work together to ensure food and nutrition security in the country.

With the help of various technologies developed by the Bari, Intefa will also work to deliver modern and environment-friendly pesticides, fungicides, herbicides and fertilisers to farmers.

Debasish Sarker, director general of the Bari, Apurba Kanti Chowdhury, director for planning and evaluation, Ashraf Uddin Ahmed, chief scientific officer of the training and communication wing, Habib Mohammad Naser, chief scientific officer and head of the soil science division, and Abdul Jalil Pramanik, vice-president of Intefa, were present.