THE foreign affairs adviser鈥檚 statement of on April 27 to the media on humanitarian channel sparked debates and discussions across political, security and academic domains. The adviser said, 鈥楢ccording to the United Nations鈥� proposal, Bangladesh has agreed in principle to allow a humanitarian corridor to Rakhine. It will be a humanitarian passage. However, we have...
THE Global Hunger Index 2024, published by Welthungerhilfe, Germany based non-profit and non-governmental aid agency, provides an important snapshot of the global state of hunger and malnutrition. This year鈥檚 findings reflect both progress and stagnation. While some nations inch closer to the Sustainable Development Goal of Zero Hunger by 2030, others...
BANGLADESH is home to two species of Pangas fish: pangasius pangasius, which inhabits open water bodies such as rivers, floodplains and beels and Pangasianodon hypophthalmus, a species predominantly cultured in closed water systems such as ponds and ghers. Over the years, Pangas 鈥� particularly Pangasianodon hypophthalmus 鈥� has emerged as the most...
Visiting International Food Policy Research Institute director for the poverty, gender and inclusion unit, Daniel Gilligan observed that malnutrition and lack of access to high quality diets were among the leading challenges to food security in Bangladesh...
THE government has ways to go and steps to adopt for sustainable food systems crucial for ensuring food security and nutrition for all. A sustainable food system, encompassing everything from processing, packaging and transport of food, also prioritises sustainable agriculture and environmental concern. A sustainable food system also encourages local...
AGRICULTURAL practices have faced various adversities that have threatened our food security. Some serious challenges include high temperatures, cold spells or low temperatures, flooding, drought, gusty winds, and hailstorms. These adversities are particularly responsible for unfilled grains in rice fields. Weather has a profound relationship...
A LOW intake of animal protein by the large majority of people because of serious erosion in their purchasing power consequent on persistent high inflation is worrying. High inflation, which has remained more than 10 per cent for months, has pushed many people below the poverty threshold while the number of extreme poor has increased. Inflation...
PEOPLE, especially the poor and the segments of the population with low, fixed and limited income, continue to suffer as prices of goods remain high. Prices of vegetables, onions, potatoes and edible oil remained high in the week ending on November 29. A slight decrease in prices of coarse varieties of rice, broilers and eggs in the week has, however, failed to make any noticeable difference for...
The government will keep the food distribution continue under open market sale to ensure food security of all people throughout the country.
The National Board of Revenue has lifted all import and regulatory duties on rice to ensure food security and control prices for the common people.
Bangladesh having slipped three notches in the Global Hunger Index 2024, based on 2019鈥�2023 data, shows that the development model pursued and trumpeted by the toppled Awami League government ignored people鈥檚 most basic necessities. The index, prepared by two European non-governmental organisations and made public on October 11, has...
The United States Trade and Development Agency has awarded a feasibility study grant to establish a temperature-controlled logistics network to develop cold storage refrigeration warehouses in Bangladesh to reduce food losses and improve food security...
BOTH at theoretical and empirical levels, ample literature on food security is in evidence worldwide. Particularly in Bangladesh, the food security issue buzzes around academic and research corners most frequently. Policymakers and politicians seemingly feel perturbed at the perilous food insecurity in the country despite tonnes of reports and recommendations put forth to face food insecurity...
The World Bank food security update that has put Bangladesh in the red zone for a year until May 2024 suggests the worsening food insecurity in Bangladesh. The update says that persistent high food inflation has pushed the large majority of low- and fixed-income people into food insecurity. Bangladesh is placed in the red zone with 18 other countries...
The persistent high food price has kept the country in the red zone for the past one year until May 2024 in the food security update of the World Bank.
Speakers at a workshop held at Sech Bhaban in the capital on Tuesday emphasised the importance of integrating nutrition into the agricultural value chain to enhance food security and improve livelihoods...
The general food inflation in April crossed double-digit again after a four-month gap, heightening the risk of food security for the majority of...
THE land minister鈥檚 directive for divisional commissioners to prevent any unauthorised use of arable land for housing, industrial or other commercial purposes is welcome. The minister at a divisional...