Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Pranay Kumar Verma said steps will be taken so that Indian companies can produce agricultural machinery in Bangladesh by setting up their factories.

"Initiatives will be taken to encourage India's Mahindra and other agriculture machinery manufacturers to set up their factories in Bangladesh and invest in manufacturing and assembling agricultural machinery locally here," he said, reports BSS.

The Indian envoy expressed interest in signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for increasing cooperation between the agricultural research institutes of the two countries.

Abdur Razzaque sought India's cooperation in providing onion and jute seeds for the upcoming summer season since the country witnessed a good yield of onion in summer this year with the seeds imported from Maharashtra. 

Besides, he also sought India's cooperation in different areas, including imparting training to scientists, developing seed technology, supplying high-yielding varieties and seedlings of cashew and coffee as well as for agro-processing and nanotechnology and biotechnology.

Bd-pratidin English/Golam Rosul