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Three-day vegetable fair to begin Thursday

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The three-day National Vegetable Fair-2019 will begin on Thursday in Dhaka to encourage people to consume more vegetables.

More than hundred varieties of vegetables, procured from the farmers level by various organisations under the Ministry of Agriculture, will be exhibited during the fair, reports BSS.

The fourth edition of the national fair will continue until January 26. The main theme of the fair is ‘safe vegetable would be cultivated to make nutrition available for round the year'.

Agriculture Minister Dr M Abdur Razzaque will inaugurate the fair at city’s Krishibid Institution Bangladesh (KIB) at Farmgate.

Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi and Krishibid Abdul Mannan MP of Bogra-1 also will attend the fair as the special guests.

Dr Nurul Islam, Director of Agriculture Information Services (AIS) of the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE),  said the government is organising the fair with an objective of safe and quick vegetable production, make vegetable production technology popular among the people and to ensure the export of the vegetable.

The fair will starts from 9am and it will continue till 9pm. The fair will have 71 stalls and five pavilions.

On the opening day, a rally will start from the south plaza of the Jatiya Sangsad at 9.30am and it will come to an end on the KIB premises.

The programme includes seminars, bringing out of supplements in different major dailies and cultural functions.

After the inaugural session, a seminar will be held at 11am at KIB auditorium. Dr Golam Morshed Abdul Halim, Director of Horticulture Research Center of BARI, will present a keynote paper.

Former Planning Commission member and ex-vice-chancellor of Bangladesh Agriculture University Dr M A Sattar Mondol, former Managing Director of Hortex Foundation dr M Abdul Jalil will remain present at the opening session.

Agriculture Secretary M Nasiruzzaman will preside over the function.

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