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PKSF, IFAD and DANIDA supported Rural Microenterprise Transformation Project (RMTP) is going to introduce Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) protocols in agricultural productions and agro-processing to promote safe and nutritious food in the country. Trained experts need to be developed to attain this objective. In this regard, The Training of the Trainers course was organised on 8-10 May 2022 at ESDO training centre, Dhaka on the said topics.
The Training of the Trainers course discussed general concepts, protocols, and certification processes regarding GGAP and HACCP. The course emphasized ensuring safe and nutritious agro-products for the consumption of people and expanding their demands in national and international markets. Globally accepted certification is a must to export agro products in international markets.
In his inaugural speech, the Project Coordinator of RMTP Dr Akond Md. Rafiqul Islam, Senior General Manager (Programme), PKSF informed that RMTP is intervening in the value chains of high-value agricultural commodities of three major sectors viz. livestock & poultry, crops & horticulture, and fisheries & aquaculture. RMTP would focus on ensuring safe agro-products for the greater interest of protecting human health, which requires following internationally accepted production and processing procedures like GGAP and HACCP.
A total of 20 participants from different partner organizations of PKSF, universities, and service providing organizations participated in the Training of the Trainers course. Dr Arif Mahmud and Ms Basetsana Thabane GGAP and HACCP specialists conducted the sessions in the training course.
