Peopleâs income wonât increase if agriculture doesnât improve: Razzaque
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DHAKA, Jan 24, 2021 (BSS) â Agriculture Minister Dr. Muhammad Abdur Razzaque today said the income of people in the country will not increase if the agriculture doesnât improve.
âNo matter how developed the country is, if the agriculture doesnât improve, then the source of livelihood of the people along with the income will not increase,â he said.
Noting that about 70-80 percent people who lives in the villages depend on agriculture, he said if their income doesnât increase, the local market will not improve and if the local market isnât developed, the industry will not expand.
Money won’t be enough without self-sufficiency in food production: Agriculture minister
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Stressing the need for becoming self-sufficient in food production, Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque today warned that it would be difficult to procure food even with money available if there is a food crisis or famine due to the global Covid-19 pandemic.
He said this at a view exchange meeting with officials of the agriculture ministry at the ministry s conference room on the occasion of the New Year.
We will have to produce the required food on our own, he said.