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Transforming Bangladesh through Agriculture.
Environment
The major environmental challenges faced by Bangladesh agriculture include, how to conserve our basic agricultural assets such as land, water, and biodiversity and how to make agriculture sustainable?
Farming is sensitive to short term and long term climate changes. Both of these kinds of changes affect farming directly (due to change in temperature, precipitation and/or CO2 levels) and indirectly (through changes in soil, distribution and frequency of infestation by pests, insects, diseases or weeds). These environmental issues have already affected many crops in India. To handle these challenges, attention needs to be paid to soil, irrigation water, nutrients, crops and their management practices, to sustain the productivity and to ensure food and environmental security to the country.
Petrochem (Bangladesh) limited is working on these issues and spreading information amongst farmers. Petrochem (Bangladesh) is regularly encouraging good agricultural practices such as use of modern technologies, optimum use of fertilizers and green manure according to soil test report for better soil health, crop insurance, use of hybrid seeds, judicious use of agrochemicals, saving water in agriculture through use of drip irrigation and sprinkler irrigation technique etc.
Petrochem (Bangladesh) limited is also educating farmers not to burn crop residue in field.
Safety
Safety An estimated 1.3 billion workers are engaged in agricultural production worldwide. This represents half of the total world labour force. Only 9% of agricultural workers are in industrialized countries. Almost 60% of them are in developing countries. A great majority of agricultural workers are found in Asia, which is the most densely populated region of the world, with more than 40% of the world's agricultural population concentrated in China and more than 20% in Petrochem Bangladesh Limited under its aspiration “Transforming Bangladesh through Agriculture” is highlighting their approach of providing end-to-end farming solutions through training and educating farmers. Under this approach, the company aims to minimize the crop losses and improve crop yield.
PCL is also distributing safety kits to farmers for personal protection and encourage good agricultural practices during their farmers meetings and other programs.
World Water Day
World Water Day image 4 World Water Day It was nearly a decade ago recognizing the impending scarcity of water, Petrochem ( Bangladesh) Limited came up with a massive campaign to create mass awareness about conservation and judicious use of water in Bangladesh . The Company is extremely happy to note that organization’s vision has been beautifully aligned with Government of Bangladesh’s agenda regarding water conservation for irrigation. The Government of Bangladesh recognizes the importance of Water Conservation, Micro-irrigation, Watershed Development.
Every year since 2010 Petrochem ( Bangladesh) Limited is celebrating World Water Day on 22nd of March in partnership with prestigious National Institutes, Bangladesh Agricultural Universities etc. where lectures on water conservation & reuse of water are organized. In addition to this, drawing competition on ‘Conservation of Water’ theme in schools is undertaken.
