Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today placed a five-point proposal at the UN Food Systems Summit to ensure sustainable, safe and nutritious food system worldwide, laying emphasis on coordinated steps to lift restrictions on food and fertilizer exports.
She also stressed the need of promotion of multilateral development banks and private entrepreneurs to invest in modern agriculture.
The premier made this proposals while addressing the official opening ceremony of UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) at the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) headquarters here.
The summit began this evening with the theme of “Sustainable Food Systems for People, Planet and Prosperity: Diverse Pathways in a Shared Journey”.
It needs to provide financial incentives and policy support at the international level to encourage multilateral development banks and private entrepreneurs to invest in modern agriculture,” Sheikh Hasina said raising her first proposal.
In her second proposal, she said taking concerted actions are absolutely required to remove any trade barrier, including the lifting of restrictions on food and fertilizer exports alongside to continue effectiveness of the Black Sea Grain Deal initiated by the UN Secretary General.বিস্তারিত