The Start-up Meeting of the Reverse Linkage Project between Bangladesh and Turkey on ‘Enhancing Capacity in Cotton Varieties Development’
Date: 07-08 November 2019
Venue: Aydın - Türkiye

The Start-up Meeting of the Reverse Linkage Project between Bangladesh and Turkey on “Enhancing Capacity in Cotton Varieties Development" took place on 7-8 November 2019 at Nazilli Cotton Research Institute of Turkey in Aydın, Turkey.

The start-up meeting brought together the project partners, namely SESRIC, IsDB, TIKA, Turkish Airlines, Presidency for Turks Abroad and Related Communities (YTB), Cotton Development Board (CDB) under Ministry of Agriculture of Bangladesh and Nazilli Cotton Research Institute (CRI) of Turkey with a view to discussing the details of the implementation arrangement of the project, disbursement procedures of the donor institutions as well as the timetable of the project activities.

The main objective of the Reverse Linkage Project between Bangladesh and Turkey is to contribute to the efforts of the Government of Bangladesh to increase local cotton production particularly in less productive agricultural land through enhancing the research capacity of the Cotton Development Board (CDB) of Bangladesh with the experience of Turkey on the cotton varieties development and production.