World Food Day observed

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The World Food Day was observed in the country Tuesday with a call to ensure the right to food for all and eradicate hunger and poverty from the world, reports BSS.
The theme of the Day was 'The Right to Food' for raising voices of the disadvantaged people in eradicating hunger and poverty from the world.
To mark the day, the Bangladesh Agriculture Research Council (BARC) in cooperation with the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations organised a seminar and a rally in the city.
Adviser for the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management Tapan Chowdhury attended the seminar as the chief guest while Adviser for Agriculture CS Karim was present as the special guest. Agriculture Secretary M Abdul Aziz presided over the seminar.
The seminar called for inventing new technologies for production of high-yielding crops to ensure food security for the growing population of the country.
President Iajuddin Ahmed and Chief Adviser Dr Fakhruddin Ahmed in separate messages urged the government and the non-government organisations to join hands to enhance the food production in the country to ensure the right to food for the growing population.
President Iajuddin in his message said Bangladesh still could not build food security for its people despite its progress in food production.
Laying importance to strong 'commitment' and 'actions' at the national level to ensure the right to food, the President called for concerted efforts to achieve the goal.
The Chief Adviser in his message referred to the constitutional right of the citizens to get adequate food and said the government is committed to protecting the right.
He said the government has been implementing various programmes to increase food production, reduce inflation, create employment, expand social security nets and ensure food supply up to the people at the marginal level.
Dr Fakhruddin urged all concerned to take united and concerted efforts to ensure agricultural inputs, application of modern technologies and increased investment in the agriculture sector.