Speakers at a discussion said the present government has attained significant success in agriculture sector and urged all authorities and officials concerned to put in their collective efforts to uphold the success in the days ahead.
They said there was no need of importing rice in last eight years as we had adequate production to feed the nation. In some cases, we have exported rice to Sri Lanka and sent as relief to Nepal.
The speakers said this yesterday while addressing a meeting to mark the inauguration of Rahman Potato Cold Storage at Devipur under Tanore Upazila in Rajshahi.
Omor Faruque Chowdhury, MP, and Additional Secretary to Expatriate Welfare and Overseas Employment Ministry Jabed Ahmed addressed the meeting as chief and special guests respectively with Fazlur Rahman, Managing Director of the cold storage, in the chair.
Upazila Nirbahi Officer Shawkat Ali, Zonal Manager of National Bank Limited Rezwanul Haque, Branch Manager of One Bank Limited Abdul Mannan and Director of Rajshahi Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tanzilur Rahman also spoke on the occasion.
Faruque Chowdhury said the role of agriculture sector is very vital towards making the country’s economy functional alongside ensuring food security.
He called upon the field level officials to discharge their duties with utmost sincerity and honesty.
The lawmaker mentioned that the government has attached highest priority to the agriculture sector and added that the field level officials and researchers should take the responsibilities of reaching the government’s services to the farmers’ doorsteps.
Referring to the water-stress condition, he says emphasis should be given to the promotion of less-irrigation consuming cereal crops in Barind area instead of depending on only Irri-Boro farming to lessen the gradually mounting pressure on ground water.
Faruque Chowdhury referred to various research findings and mentioned that there are enormous scopes of increasing the acreage of various low-water consuming crops like wheat, black gram, sesame, lentil, maize and mugdal in the high Barind tract.
