BSS, Dhaka :
Speakers participating in the national vegetable fair in the capital yesterday called for promoting integrated pest management (IPM) technologies, an environment-friendly method, for toxic free vegetable production for the consumers both at home and abroad.
Bangladesh has occupied third position after China and India in vegetable production, so the country should ensure toxic free and safe vegetable production by applying IPM and other biological approaches instead of pesticide use for maintaining quality vegetable output for local and export market, they said.
The speakers including, agronomists, scientists, consumers and academicians, made this call after attending the inaugural session of three-day national vegetable fair and seminar marking the vegetable exhibition at Krishibid Institution Bangladesh at Khamarbari here.
Chaired by Agriculture Secretary Shaymal Kanti Gosh, the inaugural session of the seminar also was attended by Water Resource Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud as the chief guest and Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury as the special guest.
“We have to be conscious on using pesticide in vegetable production as the demand for toxic free vegetable is increasing day by day”, Anisul Islam Mahmud said adding the toxic free or safe vegetable
production is not only beneficial for the country but also for the growing export market abroad.”
Terming the vegetable fair as time-befitting, the Water Resource Minister said the arrangement of the fair is time befitting as the country is now has occupied a position after China and India in vegetable production which need to be sustained through inventing technology of reducing 40 per cent post-harvest loss.
Director General of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) Hamidur Rahman gave the welcome address while Pro-vice chancellor of Sher-e-Bangla Agriculture University Dr Shahidur Rashid Bhuiyan presented the keynote speech at the function.
Giving emphasis on toxic free vegetable production, Matia Chowdhury said the government has a plan to introduce BT aubergine in the country to avoid pesticide use repeatedly.
As now the farmers have to spray excessive pesticide on brinjal to control pest attack on certain variety of vegetable, said the minister.
As the vegetable is a great source of our nutrition, Dr Shahidur Rashid told the seminar that “we so far have ensured the per capita availability of 70 grams vegetable instead of a daily demand of 220 grams to fulfill the huge nutritional demand of the people per day.”
The fair displayed various types of vegetable including jum alu, ban alu, Gach alu, bati or nate shak, chanci shak, kaki shak, man-kochu, buno man-kochu, phenkochu, panikochu, bathua shak, palong shak, misti alu, bon chalta, shimul Alu, ban kakrol, china-badakopi, amrul shak, lal badakopi, phulkopi, squash and khonagula.
Speakers participating in the national vegetable fair in the capital yesterday called for promoting integrated pest management (IPM) technologies, an environment-friendly method, for toxic free vegetable production for the consumers both at home and abroad.
Bangladesh has occupied third position after China and India in vegetable production, so the country should ensure toxic free and safe vegetable production by applying IPM and other biological approaches instead of pesticide use for maintaining quality vegetable output for local and export market, they said.
The speakers including, agronomists, scientists, consumers and academicians, made this call after attending the inaugural session of three-day national vegetable fair and seminar marking the vegetable exhibition at Krishibid Institution Bangladesh at Khamarbari here.
Chaired by Agriculture Secretary Shaymal Kanti Gosh, the inaugural session of the seminar also was attended by Water Resource Minister Anisul Islam Mahmud as the chief guest and Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury as the special guest.
“We have to be conscious on using pesticide in vegetable production as the demand for toxic free vegetable is increasing day by day”, Anisul Islam Mahmud said adding the toxic free or safe vegetable
production is not only beneficial for the country but also for the growing export market abroad.”
Terming the vegetable fair as time-befitting, the Water Resource Minister said the arrangement of the fair is time befitting as the country is now has occupied a position after China and India in vegetable production which need to be sustained through inventing technology of reducing 40 per cent post-harvest loss.
Director General of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) Hamidur Rahman gave the welcome address while Pro-vice chancellor of Sher-e-Bangla Agriculture University Dr Shahidur Rashid Bhuiyan presented the keynote speech at the function.
Giving emphasis on toxic free vegetable production, Matia Chowdhury said the government has a plan to introduce BT aubergine in the country to avoid pesticide use repeatedly.
As now the farmers have to spray excessive pesticide on brinjal to control pest attack on certain variety of vegetable, said the minister.
As the vegetable is a great source of our nutrition, Dr Shahidur Rashid told the seminar that “we so far have ensured the per capita availability of 70 grams vegetable instead of a daily demand of 220 grams to fulfill the huge nutritional demand of the people per day.”
The fair displayed various types of vegetable including jum alu, ban alu, Gach alu, bati or nate shak, chanci shak, kaki shak, man-kochu, buno man-kochu, phenkochu, panikochu, bathua shak, palong shak, misti alu, bon chalta, shimul Alu, ban kakrol, china-badakopi, amrul shak, lal badakopi, phulkopi, squash and khonagula.
