Food production
Over two days, news about the subject mentioned above (21 & 22 July in The Daily Star) has created an idea in my mind. Let me state my feelings here. Our interim government is struggling with the issue heart and soul. But what may happen after election of a new government, I am not sure. Our requirement is somehow getting to prevent any crisis.
Sir Rev Thomas Mathews had predicted in the 18th century “in future majority of people starve due to lack of food”. As per his prediction the same has happened. But we must look into the strategy of those countries which are even exporting rice! I intend to express my experience of Birmingham county in the UK. Being a student of Birmingham University, I visited several hospitals in line with the subject of my study. Each hospital was far apart. During the bus journey on those trips, I noticed excellent
green fields on each side of the roads. Very likely the fields were that of foodgrains! I am not confident about the ownership of roadside lands in Bangladesh. If those are not individual citizens' property, certainly we can assume those to be national property. And we can also cultivate foodgrains as in the UK!
The above strategy might be fruitful. We should also examine the production strategy of other countries in South East Asia, with similar climatic status, which are not only self-sufficient, but are exporting the foodgrains.
The strategies of those highly productive countries should be examined and the lessons learned should be applied for higher production. Otherwise our poor country will suffer in the coming days.
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