• Md. Ahsan Ullah, PhD

Present study has aimed to know the status of Plant Quarantine regulation and its importance in ensuring food security of Bangladesh. Plant Quarantine regulation is very important for safeguarding agriculture of any country. Almost all country has strong Plant Quarantine regulations. Plant Quarantine regulations play very significant role in ensuring food security. Bangladesh sometimes compromises with Plant Quarantine regulations for importing some plants and plant products which are very dangerous for our agricultural development as well as our food security. Bangladesh has taken initiatives for Plant Quarantine regulations, made an act named Plant Quarantine Act, 2011 but working with the rules is difficult. To ensure food security, to compete in the international trade present Plant Quarantine Act, 2011 should be up to dated. To safeguard Bangladesh agriculture for ensuring food security and trade facilitation it is required to comply with the WTO-SPS Agreement for which Plant Quarantine regulations has to be revised and work closely with the IPPC of FAO.

Plant Quarantine; Legislation; Food Security, WTO, SPS, IPPC, FAO

"Bangladesh Plant Quarantine Legislation in the Context of Food Security and International Trade", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no.384-390, December-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812560.pdf

"Bangladesh Plant Quarantine Legislation in the Context of Food Security and International Trade", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 12, page no. pp384-390, December-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1812560.pdf