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Bangladesh Sugarcrop Research Institute or BSRI, is an autonomous national research institute that carries out research on sugarcane and other related plants. It is located in
Bangladesh Sugarcrop Research Institute or BSRI, is an autonomous national research institute that carries out research on sugarcane and other related plants. It is located in Ishwardi Upazila
Ishwardi ( bn, ঈশ্বরদী, Urdu: ایشوردی, ''Ish-shordi)'' is an upazila of Pabna District in Rajshahi Division. It is the westernmost upazila of Pabna district. Containing railway divisional headquarters, this city is a very i ...
, Pabna
Pabna ( bn, পাবনা) is a city of Pabna District, Bangladesh and the administrative capital of the eponymous Pabna District. It is on the north bank of the Padma River and has a population of about .
Etymology
* According to the histo ...
, Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
. It falls under the Ministry of Agriculture
An agriculture ministry (also called an) agriculture department, agriculture board, agriculture council, or agriculture agency, or ministry of rural development) is a ministry charged with agriculture. The ministry is often headed by a minister ...
.
History
In 1931 the Sugarcane Seedling Testing Station was established in Dhaka. It was changed to the Sugarcane Research Station on 1953 and placed under the Department of Agriculture. Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation was placed in charge of the institute in 1973. In 1996 Bangladesh Sugarcane Research Institute was made an autonomous institute by an act of parliament. It supports the cultivation of date palms and sugarcanes.
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