Farming in Barind: Govt, NGO officials at odds
An altercation between NGO officials and government agricultural scientists broke out at a workshop in Rajshahi Circuit House yesterday, which was attended by Agriculture Minister Md Abdus Shahid. The workshop was jointly organised by DASCOH, World Bank's 2030 Water Resources Group (2030 WRG), and Coca-Cola Bangladesh Limited. During the workshop, the minister asked the government agriculturists what they have been doing, when NGOs are pointing out and solving different issues, which resulted in the altercation. Syeda Sitwat Shahed, consultant of Agricultural Water of 2030 WRG, presented a multimedia presentation at the beginning of the programme, where she described the necessity for adopting climate-smart technologies in Barind region and shared their experiences from the project titled "Introducing Water Efficient Technologies". She also called for reducing the water-requiring rice cultivation in the region, saying rice fields are emitting methane, accelerating global