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January 25, 2001 

Dhaka-- (UNB) – United States Agency for International Development announced the award of $9.75 million contract to a consortium for implementing the second phases of the Agrobased Industries and Technology Development Project (ATDP) in Bangladesh.

The consortium led by Louis Berger, Inc, an internationally known consulting and engineering firm, implemented the projects in close collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture and local private organizations.

It would focus on three broad objectives: improving the competitiveness of private enterprises, strengthening public and private institutions and creating a conducive policy and regulatory environment.

The Berger implementation team includes two other internationally active American agribusiness companies: Cargill Technical Services, a division of Cargill, Inc, a global marketer, processor and distributor of agricultural commodities and services and Land O’ Lakes, a large farmer-owned, vertically-integrated dairy cooperative.

Both Cargill and Land O’ Lakes are based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The contract team is expected to mobilise in Dhaka by mid-February, 2001.

During the first phase of the USAID-assisted project, from March 1995 to July 2000, ATDP played a pioneering role in transforming attitudes towards agriculture and agribusiness in Bangladesh.

“It helped to develop successful business venture in poultry, fresh water shrimp cultivation and export, fresh vegetable export, blended fertilizers and numerous other products and services,” said a USIS release.

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