Under the programme, Syngenta Bangladesh Limited, agri-business company, and Swisscontact-Katalyst, an organisation engaged in SME (Small and medium enterprise) development in Bangladesh, have agreed to train 480 retailers in Rangpur, Kurigram, Lalmonirhat and Nilphamari over two years, says a press release.

The training programme began in January. Recently a three-day training was held at BDRS training centre in Rangpur.

The main objective of this training course is to intensify the knowledge level of input retailers so that they can effectively disseminate those to farmers in the community allowing them in making better decisions on the selection and use of seeds, fertilisers and pesticides.

Patrick Renz, managing director of Swisscontact-Katalyst, and Sarwar Ahmed, managing director of Syngenta Bangladesh Limited, also attended the course.