Webinar on 'SDG-2 Zero Hunger'

Recently Professor Dr. Md. Salim Uddin, FCA, FCMA, Chairman, Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation and Chairman, Executive Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited presented keynote paper at a webinar titled ‘SDG-2 Zero Hunger’ organized by SDG Youth Forum.

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 in 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 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.

Environmentalist Professor Dr. Muhammad Edris Ali, SM Nazer Hossain, Vice President, Consumers Association of Bangladesh (CAB), Mahbub Rana, Senior Vice President, Bangladesh Non Packer Frozen Fish Exporters Association, Anisul Mostafa, Project Director of Online Agriculture and Rural Loan Project, Dr. Sharin Shahjahan Naomi, Assistant Professor of Asian University for Women, Muhammad Ibrar, CEO of Community Management Development Program of Pakistan, Sagar Koirala, Ambassador of Real Food System Program of Nepal, Md. Abdul Farooq, Banker, Md. Touhidul Islam, Member of Social Organization Krisher Bazar took part in the webinar.