13 honoured as agricultural important person 

The government today honoured 13 persons with the status of Agricultural Important Person (AIP) for their outstanding contribution to the farm sector in Bangladesh.

Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque handed over the AIP cards to the recipients at a programme at the Osmani Memorial Auditorium in Dhaka.

Four of the recipients were given the status in the "agricultural innovation varieties or technology" category: Lutful Hasan of Bangladesh Agricultural University; Ataus Sopan Malik, managing director of AR Malik Seeds Pvt Ltd; Syed Abdul Matin of Future Organic; and Alimus Sadat Chowdhury of Alim Industries Ltd.

Six were honoured under the agricultural production or commercial farm establishment and agro-processing industry category.

They are Md Salim Reza, of Distantho Agro Farm and Nursery in Natore; Md Mehedi Ahsan Ullah Chowdhury of Thakurgaon; Md Mahfuzur Rahman of Esha Integrated Agriculture Farm; Md Badrul Haider Bepari of Pirojpur; Md Shahbaz Hussain Khan of Patuakhali; and Md Samsuddin of Cumilla.

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13 to be honoured for contribution to agriculture

Jahangir Alam Shah of Naogaon received the status under the category of the government-approved organisation in agricultural produce, fisheries, livestock and forest subsectors.

Nurunnahar Begum and Shahjahan Ali Badsha, both from Pabna, were awarded the Bangabandhu National Agriculture Award along with the status under the gold medal category.

Nurunnahar Begum, a farmer from Pabna, receives Bangabandhu National Agriculture Award and Agricultural Important Person (AIP) status from Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque on Wednesday. Photo: Collected

With one-year validity, an AIP will get a pass to enter the Bangladesh Secretariat, the invitation to national ceremonies, priority in air and train ticket booking, and priority in getting cabins in public hospitals for family members.