The Saarc Seed Forum (SSF) was launched in a meeting at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre in the city.
The meeting, attended by the members of the SSF with its first Convener and Director General of the Seed Wing of the Agriculture Ministry Anwar Faruque in the chair, took a five-point decision.
A sub-committee headed by Dr Nazmul Huda was also formed to make the draft of the constitution.
The Saarc Centre has been entrusted with the responsibility to place the SSF to its ministerial meeting for approval.
The meeting decided to hold its first congress in Dhaka in February next year.
As per a decision of the SFF, businessmen, trading houses, researchers and public and private research organisations could be the founder member of the forum by paying a fee of $300.
Malavika Dadlani of Indian Seed Science and Technology, Nepal Seed Association President Mitra Raj Dewani, Convener of Bangladesh Seed Association (BSA) Mahbub Anam, Director of Saarc Agriculture Centre Dr Rafiqul Islam Mondal and Senior Programme Officer Dr Ibrahim Mohammad Syed were also present at the meeting.