Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder today said
Bangladesh has achieved self-sufficiency in food as the government has taken
various effective initiatives during the three consecutive tenures.
“Once Bangladesh faced severe food deficiency…Now the country has turned
into a food surplus one through taking technology-based initiatives,” he told
a discussion at The Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC), an
official release said.
Sadhan said, “We are not importing rice till now as the country has enough
food stock…. Despite enough rice stock, we are scrutinizing the stock and
rice production to import rice to meet the demand of staple food item.”
The minister said the government has attached priority to invention of
different high yielding varieties of crops to boost food production in the
country.
He urged the scientists to intensify their research for developing high-
yielding varieties of crops as the country’s economy largely depended on
agriculture sector.
Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha