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Bangladesh will host the 36th Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) for the first time since it joined the organisation in 1973.
Allan Dow, head of communications of the FAO’s Asia-Pacific regional office, made the announcement at a virtual press conference yesterday.
Due to the Covid-19 situation, the conference will be held as a hybrid event at the InterContinental Dhaka, with some participants joining via videoconferencing.
A total of 46 countries from across the region are expected to attend with Prime Minister
Sheikh Hasina set to address the event virtually on behalf of the host country on March 10.
The conference will begin on March 8 and conclude on March 11.
On March 10 and 11, Agriculture Minister Abdur Razzaque will preside over the conference. Qu Dongyu, director-general of the FAO, is also expected to attend.
The FAO regional conference is a formal gathering of member countries’ agriculture ministers and other senior officials to discuss country and regional priorities, such as the impact of Covid-19, the state of agriculture, natural resource management, food security, and nutrition.
It is also a chance to highlight partnerships, innovation, and digital technologies that are helping to improve food security and nutrition in the region, as well as regional and global policy and regulatory issues.
The FAO is a United Nations specialised agency in charge of international hunger relief efforts.
Bangladesh and the FAO have been working closely together in developing areas of agriculture, food, forestry, fisheries, livestock, rural development and climate change.
The last regional conference was held in Bhutan virtually while the first was held in Bangalore, India in 1953.
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