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FAO Bangladesh Newsletter, February 2023 – Issue #8

Year of publication 2023

Place of publication Dhaka, Bangladesh ;

Pages 6

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Newsletter

Series title Newsletters from the Decentralized Offices

Series number 8

Synopsis (short abstract) FAO has led a complex international operation to remove more than 500 tonnes of the now banned pesticide dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) from Bangladesh. The legacy stockpile, thought to be largest in the world at a single site, was removed from a government compound in the centre of Chattogram, Bangladesh’s second largest city. Bangladesh becomes the first country to launch FAO’s ‘One Country One Priority Product’. An inception workshop was held at the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC) for a new project that will support small-scale farmers and entrepreneurs to benefit from the country’s national fruit. The Ministry of Agriculture led a World Soil Day celebration, attended by the honourable minister, Muhammad Abdur Razzaque. The theme year’s theme was ‘Soils: where food begins’. The impact of climate change on the country’s fisheries sector was the focus of a national dialogue held to mark the International Year of Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture 2022. FAO is the lead United Nations agency for celebrating the year. A project to increase food security for households most affected by the COVID-19 crisis in at-risk low-income urban areas has provided 4 050 smallholder farmers in Dhaka with agricultural inputs and tools including vegetable seeds, seed trays, vermi-compost, silos, spades, nets, and watering cans. The joint FAO, World Food Programme (WFP), and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) project is funded by the Government of Sweden.Smallholder farmers in areas vulnerable to monsoon floods will be better prepared this year thanks to a scaling-up of anticipatory action. Last year, record-breaking floods wreaked havoc, affecting an estimated 7.2 million people in the north-eastern region.

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