Agrilife24.com:East-West Seed Knowledge Transfer Foundation (EWS-KT) has officially inaugurated its Bangladesh Country Office in Dhaka, marking a new chapter in its six years of supporting smallholder vegetable farmers in the country.
The office was inaugurated in the presence of H.E. Joris van Bommel, Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to Bangladesh, together with Stuart Morris, Director of EWS-KT, the EWS-KT Bangladesh team, representatives from East-West Seed and other partner organisations working across agriculture and development.
The opening follows EWS-KT Bangladesh’s registration as an International Non-Governmental Organisation (INGO) with the NGO Affairs Bureau of Bangladesh, enabling the organisation to operate as an independent non-profit foundation and further strengthen collaboration with government, development, research and private-sector partners.
Since beginning its work in Bangladesh in 2020, EWS-KT has directly reached more than 51,000 farmers, helping them build the technical and business skills needed to produce vegetables more sustainably, productively and profitably.
Our programmes have significant and measurable impact on farmers’ capability and livelihoods. From 2020 to 2025, EWS-KT worked with farmers in the Barisal and Chittagong divisions through the Smart Farming, Healthy Food programme, supported by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO) and the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Results showed that 97.3% of participating farmers adopted at least three climate-smart agricultural practices, while average vegetable yields increased by around 65%. Current programmes center on farmers in the Barind Tract and Cox’s Bazar, with co-funding from De Eik Foundation and AGFUND, respectively.
The new Dhaka office will provide a stronger platform for EWS-KT to deepen existing partnerships, develop new collaborations, and expand access to practical vegetable production knowledge, while continuing its core mission of improving the incomes and livelihoods of smallholder farmers.
