FM seeks FAO’s technical assistance to boost local wheat, maize production
Foreign Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud has sought customized technical assistance from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) for enhancing local wheat and maize production in order to help address growing demands currently met through imports.
He highlighted Bangladesh’s remarkable progress in food security and agricultural production despite facing the challenges of shrinking arable land, growing population and climate impacts.
The Foreign Minister also urged the Country Representative to align FAO’s activities with the relevant priority areas identified in the Bangladesh Delta Plan 2100.
Dr Jiaoqun Shi, the new FAO Representative to Bangladesh presented his Credentials to Foreign Minister Dr Hasan at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Monday.
The Foreign Minister welcomed the new FAO Representative and assured him of necessary support in discharging his responsibilities.
Minister Hasan reiterated Bangladesh’s interest in supporting contract farming through private sector engagement in interested African countries.
Shi congratulated the Foreign Minister on his new assignment and recalled the excellent partnership forged since Bangladesh’s FAO membership in 1973.
He flagged that FAO has so far implemented more than 400 projects worth USD 500 million over the last fifty years, and assured of sustained support to the line Ministries and agencies towards achieving the national goals and aspirations, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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