Government officials and development activists at a post-rally discussion in Rajshahi on Tuesday unanimously said the present government under the dynamic leadership of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been working relentlessly to build a hunger and poverty-free Bangladesh.
They identically mentioned that the government has adopted a holistic approach so that all people including the poor and marginal ones can get access to food.
District Administration organized the discussion at its conference hall in association with Department of Food and Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) to mark the World Food Day- 2018. “Our Actions are our Future. A Zero Hunger world by 2030 is possible” was the main theme of the day.
Chaired by Additional Deputy Commissioner (General) Alamgir Kabir, the meeting was addressed, among others, by Deputy Commissioner SM Abdul Kader, Deputy Director of DAE Shamsul Haque, District Controller of Foods Nazmul Haque Bhuiyan and Brac District Representative Jahedul Islam. The discussants said protecting legitimate rights of the farmers along with their food security is very important for encouraging them to increase agricultural productions.
Farmers deserve the rights of getting all requisite privileges. So, there is no alternative to protect their interests as a whole.
They, however, mentioned that the present government is very much positive towards protecting the legitimate rights of the farmers. Lauding their contribution to the farm production, they urged the farmers to avail the incentives and other opportunities being provided by the government.
Taking part in the discussion, some of the attending development activists opined that in the wake of abnormal declining of natural resources like native crop seeds, fish and birds species and other wildlife, conservation of natural resources has become indispensable for facing the adverse impacts of climate change.
They viewed that many native crops and vegetable varieties are gradually declining. Many native fish species, particularly the small indigenous ones are on the verge of extinction due to various reasons.
Importance should be given to capacity building to address climate change in the region with special attention to conservation of drought tolerant species, they added.
