Staff Correspondent

Food Minister Sadhan Chandra Majumder on Monday said Bangladesh will not face any food crisis unless there is any natural disaster.

He said warnings are issued from different organisations that food crisis may hit all over the world, but crops are produced in the country throughout the year. Some 4 crore tons of rice are produced annually in Bangladesh, he added.

The minister made the remarks at a views exchange over food security in Barishal Circuit House, said a handout of the Press Information Department (PID).
He urged everyone to be aware of stopping food wastage alongside developing planned food habits.

The Food Minister also called upon the people to refrain from eating shiny and silky rice with low nutritional value.

He said millers put the rice in the machine 4-5 times to polish the rice, which removes nutrition elements. So, the people can get only carbohydrates by eating such rice, he added.

Besides, consumers unnecessarily purchase the polished rice at the higher price.

Barishal City Corporation Mayor Serniabat Sadiq Abdullah, Food Secretary Ismiel Hossain, Director General of Food Md Shakhawat Hossain and Deputy Commissioner of Barishal Jashim Uddin Haider also spoke at the function presided over by Barishal Divisional Commissioner Amin Ul Ahsan.

Earlier, the Minister visited the construction progress of Barishal Rice Silo. The silo with storage capacity of 48,000 tons is being constructed at the cost of some Tk 331 crore under the World Bank-financed modern food storage facilities project. The progress of the construction of the silo is 52 percent.