The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Farmers at a seminar said land reform is a must for ensuring food security of the country.

They said this at a seminar on 'Food Security means Security for Farmer' at CLNB Hall Room at Shymoly in the city. The Bangladesh Alliance of Land Labour Association (BALLA), Bangladesh Landless Association (BLA), Bangladesh Farmer Federation (BFF) and Coalition of Local NGOs' Bangladesh (CLNB) jointly organised the event in observance of national agriculture day.

"The commercial agro production system in the country must be stopped. For this, the government should distribute land among small and marginal farmers," they said.

Seeds produced by multinational companies were disrupting crops production, they alleged.

Agro-based companies could be set up to create manpower generation in the sector, they further said. They welcomed the government declaration the day yesterday as a national agriculture day. BALLA President Abul Kalam Azad, BLA General Secretary Subal Sarkar, BFF Coordinator Jayed Iqbal Khan and CLNB Executive Chairman Syed Saidur Rahman addressed the seminar.