MoA will take initiatives to reduce tobacco cultivation
The Secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture (MoA) Md. Sayedul Islam said that initiatives will be taken to reduce tobacco cultivation to build a tobacco-free Bangladesh announced by the Honorable Prime Minister. On 10 October 2022, he expressed this opinion in the speech of the chief guest in the discussion meeting titled 'Role of the Ministry of Agriculture in building a tobacco-free Bangladesh announced by the Honorable Prime Minister' in the meeting room of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Bangladesh Secretariat. Applauding the initiative of the Ministry of Health to amend the current tobacco control law, he also said that for the sake of food security, tobacco cultivation should be discouraged. In this case, farmers should be encouraged to grow alternative crops. In this way, it wil...