PDS Case Study

Evaluation of PDS activities of ACI Seed Business
What development interventions make a difference? Is the PDS unit having the intended results? What can be done differently to better meet goals and objectives of PDS activities? To answer these questions a highly experienced evaluation team, consisting Mr. Md Hasanul Haque, ACI Agribusiness Advisor; Dr. M A Salam, Chief Scientific Officer of ASRBC and an R&D breeder, was proposed by Dr. F H Ansarey, Executive Director, ACI Agribusiness. The team has already started evaluating PDS activities from 21 June 2015 and will evaluate all PDS stations gradually. By this time, the team visited 3 PDS stations, talked with demo farmers and neighborhood farmers, farmers cooperatives in-work with PDS,
Like last 20 years, this month-long Tree Fair is organized by Government’s Forest Department under the supervision of Ministry of Environment and Forest. This year the slogan of fair was “পাহাড় সমতল উপকূলে গাছ লাগাই সবাই মিলে”.
The tree fair was open for all from 10 am to 8 pm and entry was absolutely free. There were total 86 stalls in this fair, mostly occupied by renowned nurseries of Bangladesh. ACI was one of the 8 participating organizations alongside the nurseries. ACI Fertilizer aims to serve for supplementing plantation and give balanced nutrition to the plants along with a noble concept of healthy Bangladesh. At stall no. 56, ACI Fertilizer team helped and gave suggestions to the visitors regarding tree health with the support of
Honorable local Member of Parliament Mr. A.K.M. Bahauddin along with other guests and visitors visited the stall of ACI Motors during the fair. Spot orders from clients including Comilla City Corporation were also made at the fair.

ACI Motors: Subsidy & Gift Promo ended
Two of ACI Motors’ promotional offers ended on 30 June 2015. As part of the promotions, customers could avail government subsidy up to 40,000 Taka while purchasing ACI Power tillers and win attractive gifts, starting from 10 May 2015. On the other hand, customers were gifted with an attractive towel or wall clock with every purchase of ACI diesel engines. The offer for diesel engines was valid from 1 April to 30 June 2015.

Seamless Interaction: ACI Motors - Repairers
ACI Motors arranged two open discussions and training sessions with motor repairers (mechanics) in June 2015. The first one took place on 6 June 2015 at Nojipur, Potnitala, Naogaon with around 80 participants. The last one was held at Mymensingh on 11 June 2015 where around 30 people participated. ACI Motors arranges such open discussions and training sessions with the motor repairers’ community on a regular basis at different parts of the country. These events are the place where, repairers can freely ask questions, give suggestions and provide all types of feedback. Such