BINA selected for IDB's science and technology prize

Bangladesh Institute for Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), under the ministry of Agriculture, has been selected for Islamic Development Bank's prize for science and technology, says a ministry press release.

The institute has been selected for the prize in the category of most noted research institution among IDB's list of the least developed member countries.

The prize, which consists of $10,000, a trophy and a certificate, will be given to the institute at a ceremony to be held for the IDB's board of governors' meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia on May 15 and 16.

BINA, which was set up under the instruction of Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in July, 1972, has so far invented 83 improved and high yielding varieties of 12 crops, nine chemical fertilisers and other technologies. Of them, several varieties are saline, draught and flood tolerant.

In 2013, BINA won Bangabandhu national Agricultural Award for its outstanding contribution to agriculture.

Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury said BINA won the prestigious IDB prize due to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's sincere efforts and strategies taken for country's agricultural development.