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UCB holds training for various farm entrepreneurs in Nganj

Published : Sunday, 2 June, 2024 at 12:00 AM  Count : 80
Business Desk
A day-long training was held at the New Bandhon Community Centre located in Narayanganj by United Commercial Bank PLC (UCB) to improve the skills of entrepreneurs working in the agriculture, livestock and fisheries sectors.

About 130 entrepreneurs from 5 upazilas of the district participated in the training.

ATM Tahmiduzzaman, Additional Managing Director and Company Secretary of UCB, was the chief guest of the inauguration program while Rezaul Karim Siddique, presenter of BTVs agriculture-based show Mati O Manush and an agricultural analyst, was present as the special guest, says a press release.

In the speech of the chief guest, Additional Managing Director and Company Secretary ATM Tahmiduzzaman said: "UCB is implementing the Bhoroshar Notun Janala project to improve the skills of agri-entrepreneurs across the country and provide loan assistance on easy terms with the aim of developing commercial agriculture. We want farmers to become entrepreneurs.

Thats why, we are organizing training involving the agri-entrepreneurs from 64 districts of the country as a part of our corporate social responsibility following the directive of the Bangladesh Bank.

Narayanganj is the 51st district where we are conducting this training. We want to be with the farmers and instil confidence in them."

"Farmers should turn themselves into entrepreneurs. For that to happen, business knowledge should be increased. When to produce a product and how to make it more profitable - there should be knowledge about these things.

In order to survive in the competition, the quality and variety of products should be increased. Be creative. Only then you will be able to attain success", opined Rezaul Karim Siddique, the special guest of the training program.

District Livestock Officer Dr. Muhammad Farooq Ahmed; Additional Deputy Director of the Department of Agriculture Extension Sheikh Bipul Hossain; Senior Assistant Director of District Fisheries Office SM Ashiqur Rahman; UCBs Senior Executive Vice President & Head of Transaction Banking and Branch Distribution Channel Md. Sekandar-E-Azam; Senior Executive Vice President & Head of Credit Risk Management (Retail) S. M. Moinul Hossain; and Executive Vice President & Head of Liability and Operations Sheikh Nahid Reza along with other senior officials of the bank also spoke at the event.  

During the training, the speakers shed light on the methods of disbursing agri loans and providing agricultural incentive support on easy terms. After the training, various materials including seeds and fertilizers were distributed among the participants.



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