BANGLADESH PM SEEKS FAO HELP FOR AGRI TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TCHY | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has
sought assistance of the Food and Agriculture Organization
(FAO) for agricultural technology transfer to Bangladesh for
enhancing food production and productivity, particularly for
boosting rice output, to attain self-sufficiency.
She also sought FAO assistance for producing quality seeds,
fertilizers, requisite agricultural inputs for promoting
technology adoption by farmers, modern marketing of
agricultural products, including perishable crops, fisheries
and livestock products.
The Prime Minister made the requests when FAO
Director-General Jacques Diouf paid a courtesy call on her on
the sidelines of the World Summit on Food Security 2009 at the
FAO Headquarter here on Tuesday evening.
She highlighted Bangladesh's preferences for advancement in
biotechnology and genetic engineering as a tool for a new green
revolution and called for regional and global cooperation in
this context.
The premier mentioned that Bangladesh is set to officially
release submergence-tolerant rice varieties that would help
farmers prevent up to a million tones of annual crop loss
caused by flashfloods.
Hasina at the meeting mentioned her government's plans and
programmes for ensuring food security of the Bangladeshi people
through increasing agricultural production by reducing prices
of farm inputs and guaranteeing fair prices of farm produce.
She also mentioned that her government has brought the
prices of essentials within the buying capacity of the
commoners just after assuming office through the December 29
polls.
She noted with concern that the recent global economic
recession has hard hit the poor in LDCs, including
Bangladesh.
She also said climate change poses an immediate and
far-reaching threat to people and communities around the world
and is already hampering the lives and livelihoods.
Hasina underscored that climate change adaptation and
mitigation options, technology and knowledge should be shared
regionally and globally, especially among the Mekong, Nile and
GBM deltas.
She also stressed the need for collective measures at the
global and regional level to assure the world of adequate food
security.
Renewed attention is required for the development of
agricultural sector, particularly in the food-importing
developing countries, the PM told the chief of the UN food and
agriculture agency.
Foreign Minister Dr Dipu Moni, Food and Disaster Management
Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque, Press Secretary to the Prime
Minister Abul Kalam Azad and Ambassador Ziauddin were
present.
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