Dr. FERDOUSE ISLAM, has a PhD in Horticulture from Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU), Mymensingh, Bangladesh. Currently, she has been serving as Principal Scientific Officer at Bangladesh Agriculture Research Institute (BARI), Gazipur-1701, Bangladesh. She has 30 years of experience on horticultural research and developmental and on-farm research with international & national agricultural organization like- USAID, The World Vegetable Centre (AVRDC), IPM-CRSP, SAVERNET etc. Dr. Islam has strong commitment in horticultural and on-farm research, horticultural development activities, technology dissemination, value chain development, GAP, food security, safe crop production, post-harvest managements, organic farming, hybrid vegetable seed production, roof gardening.