title: M Abdul Mazid
text: # M Abdul Mazid
  
  M Abdul Mazid is an agriculture researcher in Bangladesh who specializes in rice. He received the Independence Day Award in 2016 for his special contribution to food security in Bangladesh.
  
  ## Career
  
  Mazid has worked with rice research at the International Rice Research Institute and is credited with reducing the effects of Monga, a famine like condition in Northern Bangladesh.
  
  