Sathguru Services, Bangladesh

Past Experience

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  • Eggplant Related Projects
  • Wheat Related Projects
  • Food Related Projects
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Delivering Genetic Gain in Wheat (DGGW)

Aimed to strengthen the pipeline for delivering new varieties of wheat with disease resistance for all rusts (stem, stripe and leaf), septoria and spot blotch and improved heat tolerance, and to increase wheat yields for smallholder farmers in Ethiopia and South Asia including Bangladesh.

Project Duration: 2016-2020

Awarding Organization – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, UK Aid

Prime contractor: Cornell University

Project Value: USD 35 Million

Sathguru Responsibility: – South Asia

Geography: – Wheat Growing Countries of the world

Click here to read more - www.sathguru.com/International-Development/dggw
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Durable Rust Resistance in Wheat (DRRW)

Marked a collaborative effort to mitigate rust threats through coordinated activities to replace rust susceptible varieties with durable rust resistant varieties developed in rust susceptible developing nations in partnership with 22 research institutions around the world, of which Bangladesh was one country under focus.

Project Duration: 2011-2015

Awarding Organization – The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Geography: – India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bhutan

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Feed the Future South Asia Eggplant Improvement Program (FtF IREP)

Building on previous activities and successes of Bt eggplant development and adoption in Bangladesh, the project aims to scale up the adoption of biotech eggplant to enhance food and nutritional security in Bangladesh through development and multiplication of agronomically superior Bt eggplant varieties carrying cry1Ac, improved wilt resistance, and wider adaptation to agroecological zones

Project Duration: 2022-Ongoing

Awarding Organization – United States Aid for International Development

Prime contractor/awardee: Cornell University, USA

Implementing partner in Bangladesh: Sathguru Inc, USA ( Sathguru Services Private Limited, Bangladesh )

Geography: – Bangladesh

Click here to read more - https://bteggplant.cornell.edu/
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Harmonizing food standards – minimizing trade barriers and
promoting agricultural trade across South Asia

USDA Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) were collaborating to build the capacity of national governments in South Asia to implement science-based and risk-based food safety standards. The use of international and harmonized food standards helps in reducing trade costs by making trade more transparent and efficient, allowing food to move more smoothly between various countries. The landscape of food safety standards is different in the South Asian region and there is need for governments to invest in strong institutions and capacities to keep food safe and to ensure smooth trade flow in the changing international system of food standards & trade.

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Feed the Future South Asia Eggplant Improvement Program (FtFBP)

Building on previous activities and successes of Bt eggplant development and adoption in Bangladesh, the project aims to scale up the adoption of biotech eggplant to enhance food and nutritional security in Bangladesh through development and multiplication of agronomically superior Bt eggplant varieties carrying cry1Ac, improved wilt resistance, and wider adaptation to agroecological zones

Project Duration: 2022-Ongoing

Awarding Organization – United States Aid for International Development

Prime contractor/awardee: Cornell University, USA

Implementing partner in Bangladesh: Sathguru Inc, USA ( Sathguru Services Private Limited, Bangladesh )

Geography: – Bangladesh

Click here to read more - https://bteggplant.cornell.edu/
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Agriculture Biotechnology Support Project II (ABSPII)

Focused on development and commercialization of bio-engineered crops to help poverty alleviation, reduce hunger and boost food security, economic growth, environmental quality and nutrition in the partner developing nations. The project also facilitated public-private partnerships, and built capacities of national research organizations in the areas of product development, intellectual property rights, technology transfer, licensing, bio-safety policy and testing, regulatory approval & science communication

Project Duration: 2002-2015

Awarding Organization: USAID

Prime contractor/awardee: Cornell University, USA

Prime contractor/awardee: Cornell University, USA

Implementing partner in Bangladesh: Sathguru Inc, USA ( Sathguru Services Private Limited, Bangladesh )

Geography: Africa, South & South East Asia

Click here to read more - https://www.sathguru.com/International-Development/abspii/