Agriculture Year 2011?
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Recently the Incidin Bangladesh and the Jatiya Krishi Parjalochona Committee Nagorik Porisor in a joint press conference at Dhaka Reporter's Unity urged the government to declare the year 2011 as “Agriculture Year” with a view to put emphasis on the development of our agriculture sector, the most important economic sector of Bangladesh. While sincerely supporting the above proposal, I would like to throw some light on some of their six-point demands. Regarding the National Agricultural Policy, the Ministry of Agriculture, as far as I know, has already finalised the draft National Agriculture Policy which is now undergoing official processes for final approval by the government. To meet up their second demand, I think the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE) together with the NGOs working at the farmers' level can organise farmers to form 'Farmers' Club.' The other demands including formulation of Law to prevent adulteration in agricultural inputs need immediate attention of the relevant authorities for necessary action. Meanwhile, it is sincerely expected that the government will consider the above proposal for declaring the Year 2011 as the “Agriculture Year” as a mark of recognition to our respectable farming community.
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