3-yr roadmap to cut edible oil import dependency

Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque on Sunday said the government is implementing a three- year roadmap to reduce import dependency of cooking oil through 50 per cent production of oil.

“We are importing 90 per cent cooking oil to meet domestic demand, costing Tk 25 thousand crore each year,” he said while visiting mustard crop fields in Dhanbari upazila of Tangail district.

As part of the three-year roadmap, mustard cultivation has increased sharply in the country, Razzaque added.