Bangladesh - Country Strategy

1. Overview
2. Country Strategy
3. Priorities
4. Key Program Managers
5. Current Projects
6. Concluded Projects
7. Achievements
8. Relevant Publications
9. Country News and Stories
10. Country Office
11. Country Portfolio
12. AusAid and Other Briefs
13. Fellowship Statistics

Country Strategy

ACIAR's strategy in Bangladesh is to focus on agronomic and biotic constraints to the production of broadacre grain crops, either through bilateral projects or projects led by IARCs. These projects link to existing programs such as the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research coordinated Rice-Wheat Consortium and the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI)-International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT-Mexico) Alliance for Intensive Production Systems in Asia. While in the past the emphasis has been on 'Rabi' or winter season crops such as pulses, wheat and maize, the focus will shift increasingly to taking a farming systems approach to underpin broader food security issues. This will be achieved by expanding the work on rice-based farming systems and by broadening the scope of the program in Bangladesh to include a greater focus on food security and climate change adaptation.