International Linkages

Over the last 25 years Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council played an important role in sharing its technologies and information with the rest of the world and also benefited from the inflow of technologies, scientific information and germplasm for promoting agricultural development. Moreover, international cooperation, encompassing exchanges of ideas, know-how, personnel and materials, has been systematized during the last 10 years. BARC has been partner with the research centres of the Consultative Group of International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) centres and research coordination bodies of the various countries. Developments pertaining to rice, wheat, vegetables, potato and pulses are excellent examples of international cooperation. In this connection, Memoranda of Understanding (MoU)/Agreements have been signed with a number of international organizations.

At present, BARC maintains functional linkages with a large number of national and international research organizations. Some of them are :

International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Banos, Philippines

International Maize and Wheat Improvement Centre (CIMMYT), El Batan, Mexico

International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT), Hyderabad, India

International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), Rome, Italy

International Potato Centre (CIP), Lima, Peru

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC, USA

International Water Management Institute (IWMI), Colombo, Sri Lanka

International Centre for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria

International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Nairobi, Kenya

World Fish Centre, Penang, Malaysia

World Agroforestry Centre, Nairobi, Kenya

Regional/International Organizations/Networks

Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, India

Pakistan Agricultural Research Council (PARC), Islamabad, Pakistan

Sri Lankan Council for Agricultural Research Policy (CARP), Sri Lanka

Nepal Agricultural Research Council (NARC), Kathmandu, Nepal

Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Malaysia

Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Canberra, Australia

Philippines Council for Agricultural and Resources Research and Development (PCARRD), Philippines

The World Vegetable Centre / South Asian Vegetable Research and Development Network, Hyderabad, India

Asia Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institute (APAARI), Bangkok, Thailand

Council for Partnership on Rice Research in Asia (CORRA), IRRI, Philippines

Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI), U.K.

International Information System for the Agricultural Sciences and Technology (AGRIS), FAO, Rome, Italy

Asia Pacific Centre for Agricultural Engineering and Machinery (APCAEM), Beijing, China

Rice Wheat Consortium for the Indogangetic Plains (RWC-IGP), CIMMYT/IRRI/NARS

Centre for Alleviation of Poverty through Secondary Crops Development in Asia and the Pacific (CAPSA), Bogor, Indonesia

SAARC Agricultural Centre (SAC) of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Centre for Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP), Dhaka, Bangladesh

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), Nepal