His efforts grew into a project that would later be called the Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development.
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The nonprofit Center for Rural Development is supervising the project.
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The project uses aerial photographs known as ortho-imagery to produce the maps, and is being delivered as a joint project between the Department of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment and Land and Property Services (previously known as the Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland).
The Department of Agriculture and RuralDevelopment said it was "naturally disappointed" that this innovative project was unable to proceed, but the decision was one for Biogas (Ireland).