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Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute
Formation2017
HeadquartersDinajpur, Bangladesh
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
Websitewww.bwmri.gov.bd

The Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ গম ও ভুট্টা গবেষণা ইনস্টিটিউট) is a Bangladesh government owned research institute that researches wheat and maize. It is located in Nashipur, Dinajpur District, Bangladesh.[1] Golam Faruq is the director general of Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute.[2] It had received the Independence Day Award, the highest civilian award in Bangladesh, for research in 2022.[3]

History

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The Wheat Research Centre was established in 1984 under the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute.[4] Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced plans to transform it into an independent research institute.[4] In 2006, research on maize was added to the institute.[4] In 2017, the parliament of Bangladesh passed the Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute Bill, which established the Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute to research wheat and maize.[4][5] The institute has seven regional stations.[6]

In 2020, scientists at the institute developed two varieties of wheat that had resistance to Magnaporthe grisea.[7]

On 13 July 2021, Md Amiruzzaman was appointed the 4th director general of the Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute.[8] The former chief scientific officer of the institute, Anwar Shaheed, was murdered in Dhaka on 12 November 2021.[9]

In 2022, the Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute was awarded the Independence Day Award for research.[10]

References

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  1. ^ "Agrotech demonstration fair held in Dinajpur". The Business Standard. 24 March 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  2. ^ বাংলাদেশ গম ও ভুট্টা গবেষণা ইনস্টিটিউট. bwmri.portal.gov.bd. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  3. ^ "PM seeks countrymen's collective efforts for Bangladesh's enhanced image abroad". RTV. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d বাংলাদেশ গম ও ভুট্টা গবেষণা ইনস্টিটিউট. bwmri.gov.bd. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Contribution of Wheat and Maize Research Institute". Daily Sun. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Bangladesh Wheat and Maize Research Institute". bwmri.portal.gov.bd. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  7. ^ Karmaker, Kongkon (18 September 2020). "BWMRI scientists develop 2 blast tolerant wheat varieties". The Daily Star. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Bangladesh Wheat, Maize Research Instt gets new DG". bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Ex-wheat institute scientist stabbed to death in Dhaka". bdnews24.com. 12 November 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  10. ^ "10 distinguished persons, a research institute to receive Independence Award-2022". Prothom Alo. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 July 2022.


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