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BSS, Dhaka

Speakers at a seminar here yesterday stressed the need for increasing regional cooperation among the SAARC member countries in biotechnology research for utilising its potentiality in agriculture production.

"Though some memorandum of understanding (MoU) on biotech research between some SAARC counties have been signed but these are not enough, we need to do something concrete for enhancing the research," they said.

The seminar titled 'Biotechnology: A Cutting-Edge Technology for Agricultural Development' was organszed by the SAARC Agriculture Centre to mark the SAARC Charter Day in the conference room of Bangladesh Agriculture Research Council (BARC) here.

The SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) member countries, including Bangladesh, yesterday observed the 22nd anniversary of the signing of the SAARC Charter with a view to raising awareness about this regional forum and its activities.

Agriculture secretary M Abdul Aziz presented the keynote paper at the seminar, while BARC executive chairman Dr M Nurul Alam was in the chair.