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Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque on Thursday said the production of rice has increased to about 38.70 million metric tonnes in this financial year 2020-21.
As a result of the government’s initiatives, Bangladesh has continued its food production despite the extreme adverse conditions of the Covid-19 pandemic and natural disasters such as cyclones and floods.
The minister came up with the remarks at a press conference, organised on occasion of the World Food Day 2020, at the Bangladesh secretariat in Dhaka.
The World Food Day 2020 will be observed on Friday in the country and elsewhere in the world.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN) jointly will organise different programmes on occasion of the World Food Day 2020 across the country.
The theme of this year is “Grow, Nourish, Sustain, Together. Our actions are our future”.
He also said that boro paddy seeds will be subsidised at the rate of Tk 10 per kg to increase production in the coming boro season.
The Agriculture Minister said nutrition gardens have been set up in 140,387 families in 4,397 unions of the country at a cost of Tk 363.70 million (36.37 crore) to ensure family nutrition security by bringing every inch of land under cultivation.
Besides, 100 new family gardens are being set up in each union to mark Mujib Borsho (Mujib Year), he mentioned.