After becoming self-sufficient in food production, it is now time to turn towards growing cash crops and that change will benefit the farmers, Agriculture Minister Begum Matia Chowdhury has said.
She was speaking as the chief guest at the Agro Biz Expo 2016, organised by the East West University’s Agro Industrial Club on Wednesday.
“In addition to continuing efforts to keep up the rising trend in food production, the government is now given more emphasis on growing genetically modified crops,” the minister said.
“The good news is that so far no evidence has been found that genetically modified crops pose any harm to the environment,” she added.
Organisations such as ACI, Unilever, Square, Nestle, PRAN and Golden Harvest displayed their products in their own stalls at the Agro Biz Expo 2016.
In the accompanying seminar, Gowher Rizvi, advisor to the prime minister, and M Anis Ud Dowla, chairman of ACI Limited were present as special guests.