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France wants Bangladesh to be in a proposed global food alliance that aims to build up a food stock from surplus productions to ensure food supplies to countries vulnerable to price volatility and future food shortages.

French President Emmanuel Macron mooted the idea of Food and Agriculture Resilience Mission (FARM) at the G-7 summit on 24 March and the rich nations’ club has endorsed the idea.

The idea will now be discussed in larger forums like G20 which includes China and India, two major growers and buyers of food crops.

The initiative, intended for supplying food to poor nations in Africa, the Middle East and Asia.

French Ambassador in Dhaka Jean-Marin Schuh sent a note verbale to Bangladesh’s foreign ministry on 27 March.

The foreign ministry has sent a letter to agriculture, food and commerce ministries, seeking their opinions on Bangladesh’s joining the initiative by 10 April.

Under the FARM initiative, food producing countries will produce food more than usual and will supply to countries at risk of worsening food insecurity under a global allocation mechanism similar to Covax, a worldwide initiative aimed at equitable access to Covid-19 vaccine