CDCSKnowledge Institute, with support from Katalyst, organized a policy dialogue on“Market-Responsive IPM Policy: Experiences and the Way Forward” on 27 February 2016at Brac Centre Inn, Dhaka. Prof. Sheikh Morshed Jahan presented the keynotepaper and moderated the discussion. An introductory note on the earlier policyintervention was offered by Katalyst and Ispahani. The event discussed thepast, present and future of IPM in Bangladesh, with special focus on policy andintervention needs. IPM experts from public and private sectors participated inthe event.

Thepanel of discussants includes Dr. Md. Zainul Abedin and Dr. A.N.M. Rezaul Karimfrom B-SAFE, Chaitanya Das and Md. Rezaul Islam from DAE, Dr. Syed Nurul Alamfrom BARI, Md. Shoaib Choudhury from DCCI, Mujibur Rahman from BCPA and RezaulKarim Siddiqui from CDCS Communications. Besides, representatives from Ispahani,GME Agro and Brac Seed & Agro Enterprise were present.

Prof.Dr. Rahim B. Talukdar, President, CDCS Knowledge Institute chaired the program,while Syeda Farzana Morshed, Managing Director, CDCS^® offered thevote of thanks.