Formation | 2017 |
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Headquarters | Dinajpur, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
Website |
www |
Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ গম ও ভুট্টা গবেষণা ইনস্টিটিউট) is a Bangladesh government owned research institute that researches wheat and maize. It is located in Nashipur, Dinajpur District, Bangladesh. [1] Dr Golam Faruq is the director general of Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute. [2] It had received the Independence Day Award, the highest civilian award in Bangladesh, for research in 2022. [3]
Wheat Research Centre was established in 1984 under the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute. [4] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced plans to transform it independent research institute. [4] In 2006, research on maize was added to the institute. [4] In 2017, the parliament of Bangladesh passed Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute Bill, which established the Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute to research wheat and maize. [4] [5] The institute has seven regional stations. [6]
In 2020, scientists at the institute developed two varieties of wheat that had resistance to Magnaporthe grisea. [7]
On 13 July 2021, Dr Md Amiruzzaman was appointed the 4th Director General of Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute. [8] The former chief scientific officer of the institute, Anwar Shaheed, was murdered in Dhaka on 12 November 2021. [9]
In 2022, Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute was awarded the Independence Day Award for research. [10]
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Formation | 2017 |
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Headquarters | Dinajpur, Bangladesh |
Region served | Bangladesh |
Official language | Bengali |
Website |
www |
Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ গম ও ভুট্টা গবেষণা ইনস্টিটিউট) is a Bangladesh government owned research institute that researches wheat and maize. It is located in Nashipur, Dinajpur District, Bangladesh. [1] Dr Golam Faruq is the director general of Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute. [2] It had received the Independence Day Award, the highest civilian award in Bangladesh, for research in 2022. [3]
Wheat Research Centre was established in 1984 under the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute. [4] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced plans to transform it independent research institute. [4] In 2006, research on maize was added to the institute. [4] In 2017, the parliament of Bangladesh passed Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute Bill, which established the Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute to research wheat and maize. [4] [5] The institute has seven regional stations. [6]
In 2020, scientists at the institute developed two varieties of wheat that had resistance to Magnaporthe grisea. [7]
On 13 July 2021, Dr Md Amiruzzaman was appointed the 4th Director General of Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute. [8] The former chief scientific officer of the institute, Anwar Shaheed, was murdered in Dhaka on 12 November 2021. [9]
In 2022, Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute was awarded the Independence Day Award for research. [10]
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link)