Bangladesh gets APICTA award 2016

Bangladesh has won for the first time Asia Pacific ICT Alliance (APICTA) Award 2016 in sustainability and environment category for the "Soil Safe" digital soil and fertiliser testing mini lab initiatives. The "Soil Safe" digital soil and fertiliser testing mini lab initiative developed by a Bangladeshi organisation Kranti group at the APICTA award giving event held in Taipei, Taiwan. Director of Kranti Group Muhammad Risalat Siddique received the award at a function on Monday. The "Soil Safe" digital soil and fertiliser testing mini lab initiative has been developed to assess the quality of soil, which eventually help farmers to grow suitable variety of crops. APICTA MERIT award is considered as one of most prestigious awards globally in the ICT sector.