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The Association shall be
organized on all
Bangladesh basis and may
have branches anywhere in
Bangladesh.
CATEGORIES OF MEMBERSHIP
There shall be
two categories of voting
members: Ordinary and
Associatiat member. These
are outlined below :
Objective :
To protect, develop,
support and promote all
measures and steps towards
open/free competitive
marketing, trade and
manufacture of all
fertilizers and plant
nutrients in Bangladesh
and to co-ordinate the
efforts of the members of
the Association towards
this end.
Purpose : Bringing
together and to represent
all sectors of fertilizer
trade and industry
including distributors,
merchants, importers and
exporters, supply agencies
and manufacturers.
Type :
A non-profit,
non-political organization
financed through the
subscription by its
members.
Units
: District
units all over the country
to provide services at
grassroots level and to
ensure satisfactory
marketing of fertilizers
all over the country
Representation
:Represented in
different Government
Committees related to
policy making and other
agricultural development
activities. Government has
made BFA membership
compulsory for fertilizer
manufacturers, importers &
dealers for better
monitoring of their
performance.
Participation with Int'l
Organization :
worked with FAO under a
project named ASIRP in
obtaining the results of
research on nutrient needs
& fertilizer use on crops
and soils as well as to
disseminate such
information to farmers,
dealers, distributors and
merchants to improve
fertilizer use efficiency
& to improve crop and food
production.
A research project
entitled "MAXIMIZING CROP
PRODUCTION TRHOUGH
POTASSIUM MANAGEMENT under
process at Joydevpur,
Gazipur with joint
collaboration
International Potash
Institute(IPI), Bangladesh
Agricultural Research
Institute and Bangladesh
Fertilizer Association (BFA).
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