Potato (Solanum tuberosum) is known as one of the most sensitive crops in respect to disease infestation, resulting in a large negative impact on yield and tuber quality in Bangladesh. Among all potato diseases, Late Blight (LB) ensued by the pathogen Phytophthora infestans (Mont.) de Bary, causes serious crop damage »
Production and marketing of seed potato is an important activity of ACI Seed. Potato research and development activities, particularly as per need and requirement of ACI Seed, are generally planned and implemented by the Advanced Seed Research & Biotech Centre (ASRBC) of ACI Agribusiness. ACI Seed’s seed potato production »
In July 2020, ACI Motors has distributed thousand Sonalika gift boxes among its customers and stakeholders to celebrate the Eid-Ul-Adha. The gift box consisted of food items such as Laccha Semai, aromatic rice, noodles as well as prevention kits against COVID-19 like facemasks, Savlon liquid antiseptic soap etc. Maintaining strict »
ACI Fertilizer Dinajpur Area team arranged a Field Supervisor (FS) selection program by interviewing potential candidates on 20 July 2020. Later a 3-day long training program was arranged from 22 to 24 July for the selected candidates. Skill development regarding promotional activity and product demand generation was the key agenda »
In July 2020, ACI Fertilizer organized meetings with potential stakeholders in compliance with health hygiene rules during COVID-19 pandemic. The meetings were held at Rangpur on 12 July, at Dinajpur on 13 July, at Bogura on 14 July, and at Rajshahi on 15 July 2020. Business Director Kbd. Bashir Ahmed »
ACI Seed, as an essential input provider of the agriculture sector, is continuing to promote its products like Dhani Gold through both online and offline channels. In July 2020, it has organized 114 Farmers; Meeting throughout the country while maintaining strict social distancing. Only 5-7 farmers were engaged in each »
Mini Shail, a High Yielding Variety (HYV) developed by ACI in association with IRRI and Rajshahi University, brings a profitable proposition for T-Aman farmers in Bangladesh. To promote the newly launched HYV rice among farmers, ACI Seed organized month-long promo in 10 districts during July 2020. As part of the »
Researchers in Spain propose mitigating methane production by dairy cattle through breeding. In an article appearing in the Journal of Dairy Science, scientists are targeting reduction of enteric methane in the breeding objectives for dairy cattle to select for animals that use feed more efficiently and thus produce less methane. »
Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have successfully produced a bull calf, named Cosmo, who was genome-edited as an embryo so that he'll produce more male offspring. The research was presented in a poster on 23 July 2020 at the American Society of Animal Science meeting. Using the genome-editing »
Even when they're allowed to roam about the farmyard, chickens are still susceptible to infestations of blood-sucking mites. It now turns out that a backpack-like device could let farmers know when those mites are biting, so treatment could begin as soon as possible. Typically infesting the rear end of the »
The seafood industry requires large amounts of water for food processing. Before used water is discharged, some organic matter, including protein, is typically removed. This sludge is usually landfilled or converted into biogas, which results in the valuable nutrients it contains being lost from the food chain. Now researchers report »
