Govt sets 13m tonnes Aman production target
Sunday, 29 June 2008
Agriculture Adviser Dr C S Karim said Saturday the government has initially set a target to bring 5.4 million hectares of lands for producing 13 million tonnes of Aman paddy during the current season, reports BSS.
"Presently, we are trying to bring more lands under Aman cultivation through repairing some of sluice gates in greater Barisal district," he told reporters after inaugurating the 24th annual conference of Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM) as the chief guest in the city. In the last Boro season, 4.7 million hectares of land were brought under cultivation, he said.
The BSM conference with the theme of `Microbes in the Food and Environment' was held at IFST auditorium of BCSIR with its chairman Professor Sirajul Islam Khan in the chair.
Chief Executive of PRAN-RFL Group Major General (retd) Amjad Khan Chowdhury spoke as the special guest while BCSIR Chairman Professor Choudhury Mahmood Hasan gave the welcome speech.
BSM general secretary Prof M Anwar Hossain and secretary of the conference organizing committee Dr M Manjurul Karim also spoke on the occasion.
In his speech, the Adviser urged the microbiologists to invent new varieties of bacteria resistance crops with more immunity and bio-fertilisers to help the country ensuring food security.
The scientists should engage themselves more in research activities to invent high-yielding varieties to face the prevailing food crisis across the world, he said. Karim termed the adaptation to adverse affect of climate change as the major challenge of the country to ensure food security for the next generation.
He urged the agro-entrepreneurs to set up modern laboratories and quality control centres through their own initiative.
"Presently, we are trying to bring more lands under Aman cultivation through repairing some of sluice gates in greater Barisal district," he told reporters after inaugurating the 24th annual conference of Bangladesh Society of Microbiologists (BSM) as the chief guest in the city. In the last Boro season, 4.7 million hectares of land were brought under cultivation, he said.
The BSM conference with the theme of `Microbes in the Food and Environment' was held at IFST auditorium of BCSIR with its chairman Professor Sirajul Islam Khan in the chair.
Chief Executive of PRAN-RFL Group Major General (retd) Amjad Khan Chowdhury spoke as the special guest while BCSIR Chairman Professor Choudhury Mahmood Hasan gave the welcome speech.
BSM general secretary Prof M Anwar Hossain and secretary of the conference organizing committee Dr M Manjurul Karim also spoke on the occasion.
In his speech, the Adviser urged the microbiologists to invent new varieties of bacteria resistance crops with more immunity and bio-fertilisers to help the country ensuring food security.
The scientists should engage themselves more in research activities to invent high-yielding varieties to face the prevailing food crisis across the world, he said. Karim termed the adaptation to adverse affect of climate change as the major challenge of the country to ensure food security for the next generation.
He urged the agro-entrepreneurs to set up modern laboratories and quality control centres through their own initiative.