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