Producing more food does not guarantee access to food: PM
Thursday, 27 May 2010
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said that producing more food does not guarantee access to food, and so it rather the purchasing capacity which has to be increased, reports UNB.
"Producing more food does not guarantee access to food. People must have the purchasing power to buy food. Therefore, the economy as a whole must grow. We have set a target of 8 per cent growth rate by the year 2015," she said Wednesday while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the two-day Bangladesh Food Security Investment Forum at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel.
Food Division of Food and Disaster Management Ministry organised the programme in collaboration with International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) with financial assistance from USAID and DFID and EU.
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdul Latif Biswas were present as special guests while Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque chaired the meeting.
"Producing more food does not guarantee access to food. People must have the purchasing power to buy food. Therefore, the economy as a whole must grow. We have set a target of 8 per cent growth rate by the year 2015," she said Wednesday while addressing the inaugural ceremony of the two-day Bangladesh Food Security Investment Forum at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Hotel.
Food Division of Food and Disaster Management Ministry organised the programme in collaboration with International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) with financial assistance from USAID and DFID and EU.
Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, Fisheries and Livestock Minister Abdul Latif Biswas were present as special guests while Food and Disaster Management Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque chaired the meeting.