President calls for expansion of food production

Friday, October 17th, 2008

President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom has called on the people to further expand and develop the agricultural food production in the Maldives, especially at a time when global food shortages might be imminent. President Gayoom made the call in his message to the nation on the occasion of World Food Day, which was observed yesterday.

Noting that progress is being made in the agricultural sector, the President stressed the importance of building human resources and adopting new technology. Further, he highlighted that the people in the islands faced many difficulties in cultivating and marketing their crops, and called to resolve to overcome those difficulties, in order to achieve our goals.

Referring to this year’s World Food Day theme which is, “World Food Security: the Challenges of Climate Change and Bioenergy”, the President noted that this was a very important theme for the Maldives.

President Gayoom further highlighted the risks that we might face in our food production, due to the negative effects of climate change on our small, low lying islands. In this regard, the President said that it was our national responsibility to take precautionary measures necessary to overcome such risks and urged the people to pay more attention to this matter.

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