Department of Agricultural Extension

The DAE faces a significant implementation gap where smallholder farmers struggle with rising input costs and climate risks despite increased budget allocations.

Established 1982 by merging six predecessor agencies. Headquarters at Khamarbari, Farmgate, Dhaka-1215. Operates under the Ministry of Agriculture; parent_id_ref set to 'Ministry of Agriculture' matching the existing ministry-of-agriculture.json slug's name_en. Director General: Md Tajul Islam Patwary, appointed post-August 2024 leadership reshuffle following the fall of the Hasina government; confirmed by his signing of the Syngenta MoU (12 September 2024) and SAF Bangladesh agreement (29 September 2024) as Director General. head_since set to 2024-08-01 as the approximate post-reshuffle effective date; exact gazette notification date not found in public sources. Prior DG Md. Asadullah (appointed October 29, 2020) was replaced in the August 2024 reshuffle per TBS reporting. staff_count is null: no sanctioned-post figure found in publicly available primary sources; GFRAS reports 326 senior staff (bachelor-degree-or-above) at national level only, which is manifestly a subset and not a total -- excluded. annual_budget_bdt is null: DAE's line-item budget not separately published; the Tk 27,224 crore figure is the full Ministry of Agriculture envelope for FY2025-26. verification_status is 'partial' because the DG head_since exact date and the sanctioned staff count lack primary-source confirmation. Haor flood figures (46,730 ha, 208,000 tonnes loss) are DAE's own damage assessment as reported by Jagonews24, Prothom Alo English, and TBS -- cross-checked across three outlets. Farmer Card figures (22,065 farmers, Tk 2,500, 10 districts, April 14 launch) confirmed by BSS News (3 articles), Dhaka Tribune, and Daily Star.