BANGLADESH - Biotechnology campaigners were cited as saying that agricultural biotechnology and its proper utilisation can meet the challenge of the next century for ensuring food and nutrition security in the developing countries, including Bangladesh.

They called for stocking the country with research equipment, including lab facilities and supply of chemicals and building up trained manpower.

International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-biotech Application (ISAAA) and Bangladesh Biotechnology Information Centre (BdBIC) jointly organised an opinion exchange meeting with journalists on "Biotechnology and Biosafety Issues: Public Perception Through Civil Society and Media Professionals" at the National Press Club in the city yesterday.