Dr Shamsun Nahar Begum, chief scientific officer of the Bangladesh Institute of Nuclear Agriculture (BINA), has received the International Atomic Energy Agency's (IAEA) "Women in Plant Mutation Breeding Award."
Also, BINA, a research organization under the agriculture ministry, has received the "Outstanding Achievement Award" of the IAEA.
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The awards will be formally conferred at the 65th General Conference of the IAEA in September to recognize contributions to plant mutation breeding and related biotechnology, according to the Agriculture Ministry.