Agriculture, Fisheries and Food

Directorate for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Workshop on Multifunctionality

1. The second question suggested by the analytical framework is whether market failures will result from decreases in the prices of commodity outputs, in a context of agricultural policy reform. To answer this question, we need to know: (1) how price decreases will affect the level of production of both commodity and non-commodity outputs, and (2) what is the value of the resulting reduction in...

Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries

Glutamateric neuron Brain In situ hybridization Songbird The songbird brain has a system of interconnected nuclei that are specialized for singing and song learning. Electrophysiological findings indicate a role for the glutamatergic neurons in the song system. Vesicular glutamate transporter 2 (vGluT2) is considered to be a specific biomarker of glutamatergic neurons in birds. Neurons receivin...

Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Directorate of Fisheries Research Aquatic Environment Monitoring Report Number

Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries

Food quality Food safety Pesticide residues Heavy metals Food laws HACCP Horticultural produce, especially fruits and vegetables, are rich sources of phytochemicals, namely vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Currently, controlling quality and assuring safety of fruits and vegetables in supply chain has become one of the most challenging issues in Bangladesh. Often consumers are dissatisfied w...

Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries

Through its Food Security Project, the Directorate of Agricultural Economics of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries maintains two publication series for results of research on food security issues. Publications under the Flash series are short (3-4 pages), carefully focused reports designed to provide timely research results on issues of great interest. Publications under the Research Pap...