Din Mohammed Dinu : The Results Dissemination and Policy Co-Creation Workshop on "Enhancing Food Safety in Fish and Chicken Value Chains of Bangladesh was held on 20 May 2024 Monday at the BARC Auditorium ,Farmgate in Dhaka. In the Inaugural Session, Professor Dr. Shamsul Alam, former State Minister, Ministry of Planning, Bangladesh, was present as the Chief Guest.
Professor Dr. Emdadul Haque Chowdhury, Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh Agricultural University was Chief Patron in the workshop. Dr. Shaikh Mohammad Bokhtiar, Executive Chairman of BARC and Dr. Md. Zulfikar Ali, Director General of Bangladesh Fishery Research Institute (BFRI), were Special Guests and Former Director General of BFRI Dr. M. Gulam Hussain was present as the key discussant in the workshop. Professor Dr. K. M. Mostafizur Rahman, Dean, Faculty of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, and Chairman of the Bureau of Socioeconomic Research and Training (BSERT), BAU was presided over the inaugural session.
In the workshop US PI & Professor of Texas State University , Professor Dr. Madan M. Dey and Professor Dr. Md. Saidur Rahman, host country Pl of the project were presented as Keynote Speakers , according to a press release. The project was funded by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Safety, as part of Feed the Future, the U.S. government's global hunger and food security initiative led by USAID. and implement by the host (Bangladesh) country Pl and U.S. PI from Texas State University. This results-sharing workshop organized by the Institutions were Bangladesh Agricultural University, University of Dhaka, Bangladesh Food Safety Authority and Texas State University, USA.
In the second Policy Session, Professor Dr. Md. Kawser Ahmed, Member (Secretary), General Economics Division, Planning Commission, People's Republic of Bangladesh, was Chief Guest and Emeritus Professor Dr. M. A. Sattar Mandal, Former Vice Chancellor of BAU was present as Guest of Honour. Mr. Zakaria, Bangladesh Food Safety Authority (BFSA), Dhaka, Mr. Syed Md. Alamgir, Director General, Department of Fisheries, and Dr. Benoy Kumar Barman, Interim Country Representative, WorldFish Bangladesh, were present as the Special Guests. Professor Dr. Md. Saidur Rahman, host country Pl of the project Chaired the policy session. Co PI and Associate Professor of Dhaka University Dr.Samina Lutfa and Professor Dr.Hasneen Jahan of BAU delivered vote of thanks on the workshop.
The Major findings have come from the research are Customers are willing has to pay the premium price for purchasing the fish . They added Farmers have good attitude with less knowledge and leb practices on safe fish production.
Different University teachers, representatives of the government and non-governmental organizations, researchers and the private sector representatives, Farmers were participated the workshop.
