Dhaka, Mar 6 (UNB) - With a view to promoting organic & sustainable agriculture in the country a website of WWOOF, Bangladesh will be launched in the city on Sunday.

Professor M Alimullah Miyan, Vice Chancellor and Founder of IUBAT and John Vanden Heuvel, Coordinator of WWOOF, Canada, will jointly inaugurate the website www.wwoofbangladesh.org <http://www.wwoofbangladesh.org> at the IUBAT Conference Hall.

WWOOF stands for World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms, which is now part of a worldwide network of over 50 other national WWOOF organizations that enable volunteers to come and help out and learn on organic farms in exchange of accommodation, meals and an interesting cultural experience.

IUBAT - International University of Business, Agriculture & Technology, located at Uttara, has become the headquarters of a new international volunteer organization, called WWOOF Bangladesh.

Dr Mohammed Ataur Rahman, Director, Centre for Global Environmental Culture (CGEC) and Program on Education for Sustainability of IUBAT said WWOOF exists in Australia, New Zealand, England, USA and Canada, besides Japan, Korea, India, Nepal, in Europe and many other countries.