SAARC Agriculture Centre

SAARC Agriculture Centre () is a South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Regional Centre responsible for promoting research and development in agriculture and allied sectors in South Asian countries. The Centre’s headquarter is in the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council Complex, Farmgate, Dhaka. The Centre is headed by a Director, deputed by the host country Bangladesh; accompanied by regionally recruited competent Professional Staff designated as Senior Program Specialists (SPS), and the General Service Staff (GSS). Dr. Md. Baktear Hossain became director of the SAARC Agriculture Centre in December 2020. The Professional Staff are recruited from the regional competition among the applicants from the SAARC member states. There are six Senior Program Specialists (SPSs)- in the Centre to handle different themes of agriculture and allied sectors- crops, horticulture, livestock, fisheries, natural resources management (NRM) and priority setting & programme development (PSPD). Provided by Wikipedia