An e-village project has been launched to bring down the farming cost and to increase the production by manifold aiming to utilise the ICT usage to give the agricultural sector a major boost.

The Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Agricultural University is implementing the project while iSoftStone, a joint venture of Chinese Huawei Technologies, is providing technical support.

The Centre for Research and Information will act as a strategic partner. A memorandum of understanding was signed yesterday among the three organisations at the capital's Krishibid Institution, Bangladesh.

The Chinese embassy in Dhaka will also act as a strategic partner.

The project aims at providing solutions to adversities associated with crop cultivation and management in real time, said Roshidul Hasan, project investigator.