Bangladesh: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   BG2023-0020

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Bangladesh: Agricultural Biotechnology Annual
Bangladesh is pursuing advanced biotechnological crop research. In June 2023, the Bangladesh Academy of Science submitted a “Standard Operating Procedures for Research and Release of Genome Edited Plants of Categories SDN-1 and SDN-2 in Bangladesh” to the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council, Ministry of Agriculture. This SOP is currently under review by the Ministry of Agriculture. Additionally in 2023, the Cotton Development Board released two bollworm resistant hybrid Bt cotton varieties for limited cultivation. Scientists from various organizations are engaged in developing climate resilient gene transferred and gene edited rice, eggplant, tomato, and potato varieties.
Production & Sustainability, New Technologies
South and Central Asia, Bangladesh

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