Business Desk :
The 36th Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) began in the capital on Tuesday.
Bangladesh government convened the 4-day conference in hybrid modality with the participation from 46 member states in Asia and the Pacific.
On the first day of the conference, agriculture secretaries and senior officials of the member states have discussed regional and global policy and regulatory matters at InterContinental Dhaka.
Different issues, including the state of food and agriculture in the region in light of the Covid-19 pandemic, actions to promote climate-resilient agri-food systems, setting up inclusive digitalization in agricultural value chains, identifying one health priority, were discussed on the first day.
Md Sayedul Islam, secretary of the agriculture ministry of Bangladesh, chaired the programmes.
