Professor Dr. Md. Salim Uddin, FCA, FCMA, Chairman, Executive Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and Chairman, Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation presented a keynote paper at a webinar titled ‘SDG-2 Zero Hunger’ organized by SDG Youth Forum on 24 January 2021. He said in his paper that, it is necessary to ensure the availability of modern equipment in the expansion of sustainable agricultural system ensuring food security. Bangladesh needs to emphasize on achieving the desired goals of SDGs like other countries, he added. In the context of Bangladesh, the results of the indicators of hunger eradication are not at the expected level, he said.
According to the World Food Programme’s 2019 statistics, 30.50% of the people in Bangladesh are suffering from food insecurity. In addition, children around the world are the most affected by food insecurity. However, Bangladesh has achieved unprecedented success in preventing child mortality, reducing malnutrition, alleviating hunger and poverty, he added.
Professor Dr. M.A. Gafur, former chairman of the Department of Botany at the University of Chittagong addressed the webinar as the main speaker. Noman Ullah Bahar, President of the forum presided over the program while Minhazur Rahman Shihab, Office Secretary hosted over the webinar and Ashik Sayem gave the welcome speech. – IBBL press release
