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Agricultural innovation to alleviate poverty: Mosharraf

Tuesday, 7 November 2017


Agricultural innovation will play an effective role to wipe off poverty from the country, said LGRD and Cooperatives Minister Khandker Mosharraf Hossain

"Rural Development Academy can play a leading role in this respect," said he.

Mosharraf said it while talking at the 45th meeting of the Board of Directors of Rural Development Academy (RDA) at its conference room in Bogra, says a BSS report.

The meeting was attended by State Minister for LGRD Md Moshiur Rahman Ranga, board members and concerned officials of the ministry.

Mosharraf Hossain said since establishment of the RDA in 1974 it has been working to make rural people self-reliant through empirical research.

He asked the RDA to spread the innovative models across the country to cut the poverty further.