The World Food Day 2021 is being observed in the country Saturday as elsewhere in the world with the theme "Our actions are our future- Better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life".
The Agriculture Ministry and the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) are jointly observing the day.
President M Abul Hamid and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina issued separate messages on the eve of the day.
In his message, President Abul Hamid said Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was agriculture-friendly and he called for agriculture revolution in rebuilding the country. He said Bangabandhu ensured distribution of khas land, fertilisers, pesticides, improved seeds and other agriculture outputs among the farmers.
Abul Hamid said the Father of the Nation had dreamt to build a developed, happy and prosperous Sonar Bangla through rural and agricultural development and the present government is working relentlessly to materialise his dream.
In her message, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina termed the theme of the day "Our actions are our future - Better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life" as appropriate and time-befitting especially in Covid-19 driven changing situation.
In continuation of the plans and programmes taken by Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the Awami League government was taking and implementing various agriculture-friendly and realistic initiatives for the development of agriculture in the last 12 and a half years, she said.