BSS :
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Agriculture Ministry recommended for taking necessary steps to continue research activities to develop such varieties which require less water and also reduce the height of maize.
The recommendation was placed at the 18th meeting of the parliamentary committee held at the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban recently with its Chairman Matia Chowdhury in the chair.
In order to further increase the cultivation, the parliamentary watchdog recommended taking adequate measures to preserve adequate quantity of seeds of short-variety (short-grown varieties) of Aman planted in the current season and to set up an exhibition field of Aman in each union.
Committee members Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzaque, Muhammad Imaj uddin Pramanik, M Moslem Uddin, Anwarul Abedin Khan and Hosne Ara, among others, attended the meeting.The meeting reviewed progress of the implementation of the decisions taken in its earlier meeting and the overall issues of the Ministry of Agriculture. The meeting was attended by the Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture, heads of various departments and concerned officials of the Ministry and JS Secretariat.
