Country Profile - Bangladesh

 

 

 

 

Researchers

Category

Supervising agency

Executing agency

Research focus

Head count

FTEs

Year

Government, BARC affiliated

Ministry Agriculture

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC)

Diverse

17

17.0

2002

 

 

Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA)

Crops, natural resources

71

71.0

2002

 

 

Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI)

Crops, natural resources

526

526.0

2002

 

 

Bangladesh Sugarcane Research Institute (BSRI)

Sugarcane

73

73.0

2002

 

 

Soil Resource Development Institute (SRDI)

Soils

141

141.0

2002

 

 

Bangladesh Rice Research Institute (BRRI)

Rice

190

190.0

2002

 

 

Bangladesh Jute Research Institute (BJRI)

Jute

99

99.0

2002

 

Ministry of Commerce, Bangladesh Tea Board

Bangladesh Tea Research Institute (BTRI)

Tea

26

26.0

2000

 

Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock

Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (FRI)

Fisheries

80

80.0

2002

 

Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock

Bangladesh Livestock Research Institute (BLRI)

Livestock

34

34.0

2002

 

Ministry of Environment and Forest

Bangladesh Forest Research Institute (BFRI)

Forestry

75

75.0

2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Government, other

Ministry Agriculture

Cotton Development Board (CDB)

Cotton

11

11.0

2002

 

Ministry of Science, Information, and Communication Technology

Institute of Food Science and Technology (IFST)

Food technology

54

54.0

2002

 

 

Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission, Institute of Food and Radiation Biology (IFRB)

Food preservation, pest management

57

51.3

2002

 

 

Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) Laboratories, Dhaka

Crops, post-harvest

72

7.2

2002

 

 

Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) Laboratories, Chittagong

Crops, post-harvest

23

11.5

2002

 

 

Bangladesh Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) Laboratories, Rajshani

Crops, post-harvest

50

35.0

2002

 

Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development, and Cooperatives

Rural Development Academy (RDA)

Crops, livestock

34

34.0

2002

 

 

Bangladesh Academy of Rural Development (BARD)

Socio-economics, rural development

90

27.0

2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ministry of Planning

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)

Socio-economics

15

15.0

2002

 

Ministry of Textiles

Bangladesh Sericulture Research & Training Institute (BSRTI)

N.A.

27

27.0

2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Universities

Ministry of Agriculture

Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University (BSMRAU)

Crops

43

8.6

2002

 

Shere-e-Bangla Agricultural University (SBAU)

Crops

70

14

2002

 

Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU)

Faculty of Animal Husbandry

Livestock

47

14.1

2002

 

 

Faculty of Agriculture

Diverse

167

50.1

2002

 

 

Faculty of Agriculture Economics and Rural Sociology

Socio-economics

45

13.5

2002

 

 

Faculty of Agriculture Engineering and Technology

Engineering

44

13.2

2002

 

 

Faculty of Fisheries

Fisheries

49

14.7

2002

 

 

Faculty of Veterinary Science

Animal health

78

23.4

2002

 

 

Research System

Diverse

4

4.0

2002

 

Rajshahi University

Institute of Biological Sciences

Crops, fisheries

5

5.0

2002

 

University of Chittagong

Institute of Marine Sciences

Fisheries, biodiversity

20

6.0

2002

 

University of Dhaka

Department of Botany

Crops

31

6.2

2002

 

 

Institute of Nutrition and Food Security (INFS)

Nutrition, food security

34

10.2

2002

 

 

Department of Soil, Water, and Environment

Natural resources

31

3.1

2002

 

 

Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries

Fisheries; aquaculture

9

1.8

2002

 

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET)

Department of Water Resources Engineering

Water resources

26

3.9

2002

 

 

Institute of Flood Water Management (IFWM)

Water resources

16

5.6

2002

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Private

British American Tobacco (BAT)

British American Tobacco, Bangladesh

Tobacco

1

1.0

2002

 

East West Seed Ltd

East West Seed Bangladesh

Vegetables

8

8.0

2002