Bangladesh

Bangladesh is preparing to introduce remote sensing and drones to detect crop damage caused by extreme weather events or diseases. Around 20 officers of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) are initially receiving training to learn how to use the state-of-the-art technologies. Malay Choudhury, additional secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, and Edimon Ginting, ADB Country Director ...

The national statistical bureau is going to introduce a web application for supplying statistics based on GIS, aimed at ensuring easy access to data for all. The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) with the technical support of the Centre for Environmental and Geographic Information Services (CEGIS) is developing the app, BBS joint director Md Rafiqul ...