A 15-member Bangladeshi delegation led by Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque is set to visit the Netherlands and the UK to expand the export of agro products to the European Market.
The delegation is scheduled to leave for the Netherlands on Monday night. They will leave the Netherlands for the UK on November 13.
The delegation is scheduled to return to Bangladesh on November 18, read a press release.
The delegation will hold discussions with the heads of various government departments/agencies on agriculture and food in the Netherlands and the UK, as well as leading private entrepreneurs and businessmen, during the visit.
They will also visit agricultural exchange firms, research centres, accreditation labs, post-collection technology to increase the export of agricultural products in the country.
Besides officials of the ministry, the delegation includes representatives of the country's leading agricultural exporters and food processing companies.
The delegation comprises Ahsan Khan Chowdhury, chairman and CEO of Pran-RFL Group, FH Ansarey, managing director and CEO of ACI Agrolink, Parvez Saiful Islam, COO of Square Food and Beverage, Kazi Inam Ahmed, director of Gemcon Group, Mostafa Kamal, chairman and MD of Meghna Group of Industries, Nurul Islam, director of Globepac Foods and Beverages, and Jahangir Hossain, president of Bangladesh Fruits, Vegetable and Allied Products Exporters Association.
