Dhaka, May 21 -- Additional Director of the Department of Agricultural Extension, Sylhet Region, Dr. Md. Mosharraf Hossain said that the demand for edible oil in the country and the import costs must be reduced by expanding and increasing production of oil crops. As per the instructions of the current government, the production of oil crops in the country has increased many times. By including modern varieties of short-term rice and oil crops from various research institutions during crop planning and increasing the cultivation of oil crops (mustard, sesame, sunflower, peanut, soybean) as additional crops without reducing the production of rice, it will be possible to meet this demand. Therefore, there is no alternative to increasing the ...