PM for wooing educated youths to agriculture

Stressing the need for popularising agriculture sector among educated youths, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Sunday directed the officials concerned to take initiatives to encourage the children of farmers so that they do not switch over to any other profession. ‘On completion of their study, their (farmers) children don’t want to engage in agricultural work. You need to take initiatives to help them change this attitude,’ she said. The Prime Minister came up with the directive in her introductory speech at a meeting with senior officials of the Agriculture Ministry at the Bangladesh Secretariat. She laid emphasis on engaging all students in agricultural work alongside their study. ‘They’ll have to be persuaded that it’s an important and scared job.’ Sheikh Hasina also directed the officials concerned of the ministry to be more active in implementing the ongoing projects in time maintaining quality and standard of works. Terming agriculture as the driving force of Bangladesh economy, Hasina said her government has been implementing massive programmes for the development of this sector. In this regard, the Prime Minister mentioned that the Agriculture Ministry is currently implementing 81 projects involving Tk 3,360 million, according to UNB.