Invent climate-tolerant crops: Ainun Nishat
Noted climate expert Prof Ainun Nishat stressed the need for more agricultural researches to invent climate-tolerant crop varieties to address the challenges of food crisis in near future because of climate change.
Due to the climate change, food production will drastically fall in near future resulting severe food crisis across the globe as well as in the country.
Prof Nishat was delivering lecture at a function styled 'Role of Media in Climate Change Negotiation' organised by the Journalism Training and Research Initiative (JATRI) at its office in the city on Thursday.
He urged those journalists who will cover the Cancun climate conference scheduled to start in Mexico on November 29 to know about the procedure of negotiation and disseminate objective information.
Due to climate change, saline water of the Bay of Bengal has already started to enter into the country's inland fresh water posing threat to bio-diversity of fishes, he mentioned.
Former managing director of Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha (BSS) Jaglul Ahmed Chowdhury and journalist Quamrul Islam Chowdhury among others attended the lecture.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. 
Related News
Boy found dead in Ctg monastery
5 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Crime & Justice
Eid joy marred by tragedy
5 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Bangladesh
Sitakunda Blast: Who started the fire?
5 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Accidents & Fires
Railway’s east zone reels from manpower crisis
5 July 2022, 18:00 PM
Transport
Barred from rally at Suhrawardy, BNP to hold protest across country tomorrow
13 November 2016, 07:30 AM
Politics
Comments