Dhaka, Jan. 31 -- Bangladesh is virtually participating at the senior level officers meeting (SOM) in a major international conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The SOM is the forum of the senior officers from the 46 member states in the Asia and the Pacific to discuss multilateral effort to reform agrifood systems across the Asia-Pacific region, after years of pandemic, climate emergencies, volatile markets and economies that have affected millions of producers and consumers.

The Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (#APRC37) is convened by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and hosted by the Government of Sri Lanka.

The delegation from Bangladesh is headed by the secretary of the Ministry of Agriculture....