BSS, Rangpur :
Speakers at separate discussions Thursday stressed on making the country self sufficient in food production through innovation and adoption of time-befitting agricultural technologies to adapt to climate change.
The district administration with Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE), Food Department and NGOs arranged discussions, rally and human chain in Panchagarh town to observe the World Food Day-2014 with the theme of ‘Feeding the world, caring for the Earth.’
Deputy Commissioner of Panchagarh Mohammad Salahuddin attended the post rally discussion arranged at his conference room as the chief guest with Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Ahmed Kabir in the chair.
Deputy Director of the DAE for Panchagarh Sahir Uddin Ahmed, Executive Director of ‘Suchona’ Shafikul Alam Dolan and Executive Director of ‘Anubhob’ Amir Hossain Babu, addressed.
In the post-human chain discussion at Sher-E-Bangla Park on the Panchagarh-Dhaka highway, Programme Coordinator of RDRS Bangladesh for Panchagarh Hasina Parveen and its Agriculture Officer Masud Parvez addressed, among others.
Earlier, government officials, executives of RDRS Bangladesh, BRAC, ESDO, Anubhob, Suchona, Polli Sahittya Sangstha, Dhakkamara, Hafizabad and Haribhasha Union Federations, students, teachers, civil society members, public representatives, professionals and local elite participated in the rally.
The speakers said Bangladesh is the worst victim of global warming and climate change and it has been facing challenges to ensure its national food security for the growing population overcoming frequent natural disasters and calamities.
They said agriculture is the worst affected sector in the backdrop of climate change due to emission of green house gases. They stressed on putting further importance on overcoming the emerging risks to ensure food security.
They also stressed for coping up with climate change effects through innovative newer technologies and stress tolerant cereal crops to increase food output in achieving self-sufficiency in food production.
