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$ 6 lakh ADB aid to boost production in the region

Accord to share HYV vegetable seeds
Aslan Development Bank (ADB) will extend six lakh US dollar technical assistance for a three-year project to ensure quality vegetable production and enhance Income and nutrition of the people of the region. reports UNB.
This was disclosed at the concluding session of the four-day joint planning meeting of the South Asia Vegetable Research Network (SAVERNET) at BARC in Dhaka. Thursday.
The project would be shared by Bangladesh. India. Pakistan. Bhutan. Nepal and Srl Lanka and Asian Vegetable Research and Development Centre (AVRDC).
Forty delegates, policy planners and experts from
Bangladesh. India. Pakistan. Bhutan. Nepal and Sri Lanka participated in the meeting to sketch out a work plan for collaborative network on vegetable production.
SAVERNET will conduct research and promote the use of parasitic insects to kill insects or use of trap crop to lure the pest away from veg-e tables
Through SAVERNET. individual and institutional linkages among key vegetable researchers in the region are expected for regular exchange of vegetable germplasm, technology. scientist and information for mutual benefit among the partner countries.
Bangladesh is already haxing linkages with AVRDC through
USAID funded project.
All the six countries In the region have agreed to share the seeds of leading varieties of tomato, onion, eggplant, okra, chiltes. watermelon, pumpkin, cucumber, cabbage and cauliflower from each countries for mutual benefits.
They have agreed to undertake the survey of bacterial wilt and leafcurl virus, introduce the parasites of Diamond^Back Moths (DBM), mass produce the parasites and release the parasites in pilot production areas to control DBM.
AVRDC will set up a centre in Bangladesh as they have in Thailand Including its head office in Taiwan.
Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)
Director General Dr, Mohammad H. Mondol has been elected as chairman of SEVERNET steering committee for 1992 and Deputy Director-General of Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Dr KL Chadha for 1993
The steering committee meeting for 1993 will be held In February at the Indian Institute of Horticultural Research (IIHR) In Bangalore of India.
Executive Vice-Chairman of BARC Dr M Sujayetullah Chowdhury chaired the concluding session which was addressed among others by Dr. Shanmugasundaram and Dr KL Chandu.