Staff Reporter :
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of “The National Agriculture Policy 2018” with a view to making the sector profitable and guaranteeing food security.
It was approved at the weekly Cabinet meeting in the Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair on Monday.
Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam said, “The new agriculture policy has been formulated incorporating some new issues in view of the expiry of the Agriculture Policy 2013.”
“Some new issues have been incorporated in the draft. Those include research on agriculture development, technology transfer and agriculture extension, mechanisation, specialised agriculture, ICT, marketing of agricultural products, women empowerment and nano-technology,” the cabinet secretary said.
“The main goal of the policy is to ensure food security and socio-economic development through productivity of crops, boosting production and raising farmers’ income, diversifying crops, producing safe foods and developing marketing system,
profitable agriculture and use of natural resources,” he said.
Shafiul Alam said, primarily and nano-technology will be used to identify diseases in crops, determine the demand of generic nutrition and increase the capability of collection of nutrition.
Besides, sensor-technology will be used to examine the quality of land, he said.
The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of “The National Agriculture Policy 2018” with a view to making the sector profitable and guaranteeing food security.
It was approved at the weekly Cabinet meeting in the Bangladesh Secretariat with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair on Monday.
Cabinet Secretary Mohammad Shafiul Alam said, “The new agriculture policy has been formulated incorporating some new issues in view of the expiry of the Agriculture Policy 2013.”
“Some new issues have been incorporated in the draft. Those include research on agriculture development, technology transfer and agriculture extension, mechanisation, specialised agriculture, ICT, marketing of agricultural products, women empowerment and nano-technology,” the cabinet secretary said.
“The main goal of the policy is to ensure food security and socio-economic development through productivity of crops, boosting production and raising farmers’ income, diversifying crops, producing safe foods and developing marketing system,
profitable agriculture and use of natural resources,” he said.
Shafiul Alam said, primarily and nano-technology will be used to identify diseases in crops, determine the demand of generic nutrition and increase the capability of collection of nutrition.
Besides, sensor-technology will be used to examine the quality of land, he said.
