Bangladesh country report - ASTI - cgiar
Bangladesh country report - ASTI - cgiar
Bangladesh country report - ASTI - cgiar
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Harun-Ar-Rashid (harunaas@gmail.com) is the executive director of the Agricultural Advisory Society (AAS), Dhaka,<br />
<strong>Bangladesh</strong>; Mohafez Ali (mohafezali@gmail.com) is a consultant with AAS; and David Gisselquist<br />
(david_gisselquist@yahoo.com) is a consultant with Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey, USA.<br />
This paper on <strong>Bangladesh</strong> is part of a larger study on private agricultural innovation and R&D in eight countries of<br />
Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia that was undertaken during 2008–10 and was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates<br />
Foundation. The study was collaboratively managed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Rutgers<br />
University (United States), and McGill University (Canada). Other countries included in the study were India, Kenya,<br />
Pakistan, South Africa, Senegal, Tanzania, and Zambia.<br />
Carl Pray (pray@aesop.rutgers.edu), David Spielman (d.spielman@<strong>cgiar</strong>.org), and Anwar Naseem<br />
(anwar.naseem@mcgill.ca) co-directed the study. The authors thank Md. Nasiruddin for information on rice cultivars, and<br />
AminulKabir for advice on seeds and assistance analyzing data. This study has not been peer reviewed. Any opinions herein<br />
are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the policies or opinions of IFPRI, its partners, or collaborators.<br />
© 2012 International Food Policy Research Institute. All rights reserved. For permission to republish, contact ifpricopyright@<strong>cgiar</strong>.org