Shawdesh desk:

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today proposed the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to set up an International Seed Bank.

“Establish an International Seed Bank, which may have the potential to support evading food crisis at any natural disasters over the centuries,” she said.

The prime minister made the appeal as FAO Director General (DG) Qu Dongyu called on her at the latter’s official Ganabhaban residence in the capital.

She also stressed the need for considering the experience of the Netherlands as an example to do so.

She told Dongyu to form a consolidated fund for taking projects on digitisation and innovation, where Bangladesh will remain ready to contribute.