Govt working for strengthening food storage facilities

Food Minister Advocate Quamrul Islam yesterday said the government is working for modernising food storage facilities with modern technology and stronger institutions to tackle all four aspects of food security like availability, access, utilisation and stability under integrated food policy research programme, reports BSS.
The food minister said this while addressing as the chief guest at the opening session of launching ceremony of Bangladesh Integrated Food Policy Research programme held at hotel Sonargaon in the capital. Under the programme, the government will construct silos at the eight divisional cities across the country with the fund of the World Bank, said the food minister, adding “we are going to inaugurate five lakh household silos at different flood prone areas during January-February period.”
He added : “Bangladesh is prone to natural disasters that can wipe out the country’s supply of cereals if they are not properly stored.” The government is committed to protecting the poor and vulnerable with the use of modern engineering and information technology as part of the digital Bangladesh vision, he said. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFRI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Food, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA organised the programme.
Operation Manager and Acting Country Director of the World, Bangladesh Ms Rajashree S Paralkar and Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food Affairs Md Abdul Wadud MP spoke as the special guests while Food Secretary AM Badrudduja, chaired the inaugural session.
The Bangladesh Integrated Food Policy Research Program is designed to meet the food policy needs of a growing Bangladesh, said Md Abdul Wadud in his address.
Specially, the new program will improve the food value chain, public food stocks, disaster responses, and price stabilisation with state of the art methods and the application of effective digital technologies, , said Director General of BIDS Dr Khan Ahmed Sayeed Murshid. The programme’s cross-cutting research activities will focus on a full spectrum of food policy considerations—storage and transport, market and policy analysis and capacity building and outreach, he said.

Govt working for strengthening food storage facilities

Food Minister Advocate Quamrul Islam yesterday said the government is working for modernising food storage facilities with modern technology and stronger institutions to tackle all four aspects of food security like availability, access, utilisation and stability under integrated food policy research programme, reports BSS. The food minister said this while addressing as the chief guest at the opening session of launching ceremony of Bangladesh Integrated Food Policy Research programme held at hotel Sonargaon in the capital. Under the programme, the government will construct silos at the eight divisional cities across the country with the fund of the World Bank, said the food minister, adding we are going to inaugurate five lakh household silos at different flood prone areas during January-February period. He added : Bangladesh is prone to natural disasters that can wipe out the countrys supply of cereals if they are not properly stored. The government is committed to protecting the poor and vulnerable with the use of modern engineering and information technology as part of the digital Bangladesh vision, he said. International Food Policy Research Institute (IFRI) in collaboration with the Ministry of Food, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA organised the programme. Operation Manager and Acting Country Director of the World, Bangladesh Ms Rajashree S Paralkar and Chairman of Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food Affairs Md Abdul Wadud MP spoke as the special guests while Food Secretary AM Badrudduja, chaired the inaugural session. The Bangladesh Integrated Food Policy Research Program is designed to meet the food policy needs of a growing Bangladesh, said Md Abdul Wadud in his address. Specially, the new program will improve the food value chain, public food stocks, disaster responses, and price stabilisation with state of the art methods and the application of effective digital technologies, , said Director General of BIDS Dr Khan Ahmed Sayeed Murshid. The programmes cross-cutting research activities will focus on a full spectrum of food policy considerationsstorage and transport, market and policy analysis and capacity building and outreach, he said.