Diversifying exports
It is a very good thing that exporters are trying to diverse the product and service base from Bangladesh.
While such efforts are being made, the strategic issues involved also have to be brought onto the planning table. There is already a shortage of edible quality food stuffs like fishes, meats, vegetables and fruits etc in Bangladesh. The whole nation is captive in the hands of either profiteering or ignorance of harmful effects of chemical stuffs that are being put either to give the foods a fresh look or to manipulate their growth or maturity. While the nation is being deprived of high quality foods, international standard items from the same country nourish the growing brains in other parts of the world.
The question remains, if the nation is able to produce export quality food stuffs under domestic supervision, why cannot that effort be replicated for the domestic market? Is there a feeling that domestic consumers are less than humans and they could be fed whatever is left over from export?
Export earning at the cost of the health of a nation has no value.
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