Agriculture Minister Muhammad Abdur Razzaque yesterday urged wealthy nations to take a position extra to invent climate-smart agriculture and meals techniques and assist growing international locations.
He additionally urged them to ascertain local weather justice to maintain agricultural manufacturing and meals safety by tackling the antagonistic results of world warming.
He made the decision on the first ministerial assembly on Agriculture Innovation Mission for Local weather (AIM for Local weather) on the World Expo in Dubai yesterday. The assembly was collectively hosted by the United Arab Emirates and the USA, in accordance with a press launch.
Razzaque mentioned the Worldwide Mom Language Day is being celebrated in the present day [yesterday]. The individuals of Bangladesh have given their lives for the appropriate to talk of their mom tongue and for the institution of justice.
“On this present day, I name upon the developed international locations to work for the institution of local weather justice. We name for the implementation of commitments for higher manufacturing, higher vitamin, higher setting, and higher life.”
The minister mentioned that Bangladesh is among the worst victims of rising temperatures though the nation’s contribution to world local weather change is negligible.
Razzaque additionally mentioned the nation that after had confronted meals shortages is now self-sufficient in meals manufacturing.
“Now Bangladesh desires to make agricultural manufacturing and meals safety sustainable by means of innovation of climate-smart know-how.”
The AIM for Local weather is a three way partnership between the United Arab Emirates and the USA. It was formally launched on the twenty sixth United Nations Local weather Convention in Glasgow of Scotland final yr.
The target of the five-year initiative is to extend funding, analysis and growth of cooperation within the innovation of climate-smart agricultural know-how and meals techniques to deal with the antagonistic results of local weather change.
Initially, $4 billion has been invested. At current, 36 international locations, together with Bangladesh, and 75 non-governmental organisations are companions of the platform.