Agriculture and rural development are key to strengthening livelihoods of the most vulnerable, including hundreds of millions of small-scale family farmers who are responsible for producing an important share of the world's food. And it is they who are most at risk.

Unlike many other sub-continental countries, one of the major limitations in designing ICT based services for the rural farmers in Bangladesh is the low literacy and technology adverseness.

Vice Chancellor of Bangladesh Agriculture University (BAU) Prof Dr Rafiqul Haque has resigned following a month of agitation by a section of teachers.