IN BANGLADESH, where 40 per cent of adolescent girls suffer from anaemia and 35 per cent of children under five experience stunting, the need for nutrition-sensitive food systems has never been more urgent. These statistics represent not just numbers but millions of young lives being compromised at the most critical stages of their development. While the country...
National Productivity Organisation director general Md Nuruzzaman on Monday said that while Bangladesh has made strides in adopting sustainable food systems, challenges like climate change, soil degradation, and water scarcity remain critical obstacles...
Speakers, including academics, at a national dialogue on Thursday emphasised the need to integrate innovative, inclusive, and climate-responsive solutions into the national agenda, collaboratively shaping the National Food Systems Pathways towards more sustainable, resilient, healthy, and equitable food systems...
Reforming food systems is feasible, but highly complex due to the multitude of stakeholders involved, said Johan Swinnen, director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute, on Tuesday...