Dhaka, Nov. 3 -- Food Minister Afroza Khanam on Tuesday sought technical and technological support from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to strengthen Bangladesh's food security and nutrition systems, saying climate change was making long-term storage of food grains increasingly difficult.

"Climatic adversities are making it difficult to store the country's food grains for a long time while maintaining quality. The risk of spoilage rises particularly when grains are stored for more than six months," she said when FAO Representative in Bangladesh Jiaoqun Shi and Assistant Representative (Programme) Imanun Nabi Khan met her at her office.

The FAO delegation briefed the minister on the organisation's ongoing activities in Ban...