Dutch tech can boost farm output of Bangladesh
Bangladesh needs a large amount of Dutch expense and support of its superior technologies to boost productivity in agriculture, speakers told a good summit yesterday.
Half of Bangladesh's population is engaged in agriculture, where there is scope for development through the adoption of Dutch technology, said FA Ansarey, managing director and ceo of ACI Agribusiness.
He was addressing a good session on agriculture and agri-food at "Bangladesh-Netherlands Purchase Summit 2020" organised by the Bangladesh embassy in the northwest European nation with support from the Dutch federal government.
Ansarey said the ACI was found in joint collaborations with different organisations of holland to bring improvements found in Bangladesh's agriculture sector.
Technology is a vital component, along with make use of top quality seeds, for Bangladesh's agriculture sector to increase production, he said.
Regarding quality seeds, he said ACI was offering that of the greatest quality to rural farmers that was contributing to ensure food safeness and economic development.
Moderating the program, Bangladesh's ambassador, M Riaz Hamidullah, stated the European technology was growing the country's agriculture sector.
A good third of Bangladesh in size, the Netherlands exports more than $100 billion worth of foods to the global marketplace. Its major agriculture-based exports contain chili, tomato, cucumber and apple, he said.
Hamidullah emphasised personal sector engagement in the entire sector for its development.
Rosalind Boschloo, supervisor for private sector advancement at state-run Netherlands Business Agency, said the non-public sector was working to improve the agriculture sector with Dutch corporations providing cooperation for expansion and adoption of technology.
She also emphasised accumulating a proper business environment for further economical growth of Bangladesh.
According to her, Bangladesh possessed a rapidly growing middle class which was set to come to be the next big potential consumers.
Bouke Hamminga, business director at commercial equipment supplier Royal Pas Reform, said his organisation offers been providing agricultural machinery to Bangladesh since 2004, enabling the mechanisation of the agriculture sector.
He saw good prospect of the sector's expansion through utilisation of technology and advancement.
Maaike Groot, supervisor for consumer affairs at East West Seed, spoke of providing disease tolerant seeds predicated on the climate state of Bangladesh.
She said these were helping to grow organic and genetically modified varieties for high productivity although some were even helping to fight climate challenges.
Ihtesam Shajahan, managing director of Top quality Feeds, said Dutch technology may help Bangladesh make improvements found in agricultural productivity.
He said there is lot of productivity still left unused together with wastage during harvest which could end up being avoided using technology. He as well stressed the necessity for introducing modern technology in dairy and fisheries.
A separate session in water and maritime and light engineering was held.
