People urged to plant more fruit trees
BSS
President M Abdul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday called upon all to plant more fruit trees across the country to meet the demand of food and nutrition and attain economic self-reliance, reports BSS.
They made the call in separate messages on the occasion of Fruit Tree Planting Fortnight from June 16 to 30 and National Fruit Fair from June 16 to 18 . They wished success of all programmes marking the occasions and hoped that those would create awareness among the people. In his message, President Abdul Hamid said fruit is the best source of different types of vitamins and minerals and there is no alternative to fruits to meet demand of nutrients in human body. It is possible to generate huge employment opportunities along with increasing production and maintaining environmental balance by expanding cultivation of unconventional local fruits in a planned way, he said.
In her message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said the importance of fruits and fruit trees is immense to meet demand of food and nutrients, boost resistance against diseases, flourish merit, alleviate poverty, face natural calamities and maintain environmental balance.
