Dhaka: A five-day training workshop titled "Capacity Development for CBO Members Through Technical (Machine Operation and Fish Feed Formulation) Training" commenced today at the Bangladesh Fisheries Research Institute (BFRI), Mymensingh. The session began at 8:30 am in the BFRI conference room, with BFRI Director General Dr. Anuradha Bhadra attending as the chief guest.
According to Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha, the inaugural session featured notable attendees including Chief Scientific Officer and Head of the Freshwater Station Dr. Md. Harunur Rashid, Senior Scientific Officer Dr. Md. Shariful Islam, and FAO National Capacity Building and Training Expert Kingkar Chandra Saha, who also conducted the session.
Twenty-one participants from various community-based organizations in coastal and haor regions are participating in the training, which will run until October 25. The workshop is part of the Community-based Climate Resilient Fisheries and Aquaculture Development in Bangladesh Project (GCP/BGD/055/LDF), jointly implemented by the Department of Fisheries and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, with financial backing from the Global Environment Facility.
The training is designed to enhance the technical and entrepreneurial skills of community-based organization members who have received fish feed machines under the project. Participants will engage in hands-on training focused on machine operation, troubleshooting, maintenance, and sustainable fish feed formulation utilizing locally available ingredients.
Experts from Bangladesh Agricultural University, the Department of Fisheries, and the private fish feed industry are set to conduct both theoretical sessions and practical demonstrations. Officials have expressed that this initiative will bolster the participants' technical efficiency and business management skills, enabling them to effectively operate feed machines and support climate-smart, sustainable aquaculture practices throughout the country.