While addressing a view-exchange meeting with the officials of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) on Monday Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Monday reiterated her call to the countrymen to ensure maximum utilisation of land to produce highest amount of foodstuff to meet the growing demands.
Bangladesh has become a global example for food security because of its ability to increase agro-output despite various natural calamities including flood, drought, salinity and so on. Bangladesh has achieved self-sufficiency in food production in the last ten years and indeed being self-sufficient in food production is a great achievement for a country of 17 million people where more than 1252 people live per square kilometre. Bangladesh has tripled its rice production over the past years and the government’s scheme of rural electrification has had played a significant role in boosting the country’s agro produce.
All citizens of the country should ensure maximum
utilisation of their land to evade any possible food crisis
and help the country remain self-sufficient in food production
The incumbent government approved the National Agriculture Policy 2018 with a view to achieving sustainable food and nutrition security through an efficient utilisation of the natural resources. We have seen substantial growth in agro-production, we have invented high-yield crops and consequently all the sub-sectors including fisheries, animal farming and processed agro-food have underscored remarkable growth that indicates a sustainable food system.
Prudent measures are therefore necessary so that the current state of food production can be sustained as well as increased. In order to make our production growth sustainable we need to adopt advanced technologies in the agriculture sector. Hence, we need to invest a lot in research and development of new technologies, and the public and private sector should work together in this regard.
The world may face another financial crisis due to the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war after several waves of the Covid-19. Hence, all citizens of the country should ensure maximum utilisation of their land to evade any possible food crisis and help the country remain self-sufficient in food production.
