BANGLADESH

Prime Minister instructs 3 ministers to lease land in Africa

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina instructed African countries to make a quick decision on land rents. He directed the three ministers to speed up the proposal to lease African countries’ land to Bangladesh for the production of agricultural products.

Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam said the directive was given to foreign, trade and agriculture ministers at a cabinet meeting chaired by the prime minister on Monday.

“Several African countries, including South Sudan, have offered to rent you a huge land if you come,” she said at a press conference at the secretariat. If you can produce agricultural products there, we welcome it. After a long discussion, the Prime Minister instructed the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Agriculture to look into the matter very quickly.

She said some Bangladeshi companies are producing a lot by setting up “farms”

“in some African countries. There are no people in those countries. But they have land. South Sudan is one of them. Liberia – in these places. Charged to explore this. At the same time, our agricultural products can go out to explore a little more.‘They are welcoming our vegetables from Scandinavian countries. Even that to explore. In those countries we have to see which crops are suitable for the climate and the environment, whether we produce and sell them on the local market, sell them on the international market or bring them here for us “.

The Cabinet Secretary said, ‘Allready two acres of land in Purbachal have been given to the Ministry of Agriculture so that a laboratory of international ISO standard can be set up so that we can take agricultural products from our country as well as abroad. The person who will take the agricultural product will take it there, pack it there and get the certificate. We can’t export many things. They say your standard is not right. With the approval of this laboratory, the Ministry of Agriculture has started work. There was a case there, it’s pretty much over. I think work will start very soon. ‘

“It’s an important thing, it’s going to be a big breakthrough for our economy,” she said. We have repeatedly said that we need some diversification along with garments. ”

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