Environment Minister suggests developing climate-tolerant crop varieties
Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Md. Shahab Uddin said that in the future, to increase productivity to meet the food and nutritional needs of the country's people, new crop varieties and agricultural technologies capable of adapting to the changing climate must be invented. At the same time, we must be aware of the use of chemicals and pesticides that are harmful to public health and the environment in agricultural production and marketing. We must work to improve the overall environment by protecting the country's biodiversity. The Environment Minister said these things while speaking as a special guest at the 17th National Conference and Seminar of the Bangladesh Agricultural Economists Association at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council on Tuesday (September 7) afternoon. The Environment Minister said that the current government is addressing both mitigation and adaptation to climate change...