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Bangladesh Country Investment Plan

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : MINN:31951D03152939T

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Evaluation of the “Meeting the Undernutrition Challenge (MUCH): Strengthening the enabling environment for food security and nutrition” programme

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2022-05-16
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251362051

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Evaluation of the “Meeting the Undernutrition Challenge (MUCH): Strengthening the enabling environment for food security and nutrition” programme by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

The Meeting the Undernutrition Challenge (MUCH) programme, funded jointly by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the European Union, had the overall objective to improve the enabling environment to eradicate food insecurity and malnutrition in Bangladesh. The programme enhanced a national policy shift toward addressing nutrition by improving policy processes with more participation of civil society and subnational stakeholders, enriching policy and programming to address needs throughout the country. The programme supported significant enhancement of technical capacities to gather and analyze food security and nutrition evidence, innovative approaches for engaging students in nutrition learning activities, and improved the links between research and policy-making. Subnational capacity development support was initiated in the middle of the programme, identifying important opportunities for impactful multi-stakeholder collaboration on implementing national policy. The evaluation noted important effort on gender issues, but pointed out that emphasizing women’s empowerment and gender equity within all FSN programming is critical to success. To eradicate food insecurity and malnutrition throughout Bangladesh more work is especially needed in formalizing improved food-sector collaboration and multi-stakeholder governance mechanisms to continuously develop, learn, share and implement good practice at all levels.

Diagnostic study of the Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU) in Bangladesh: Current structure, output, and analytical capacity (human and logistical)

Author : Dorosh, Paul A.,Ali, Shawkat,Bin Khaled, Muhammad Nahian,Mustafa, Shoumi
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Diagnostic study of the Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU) in Bangladesh: Current structure, output, and analytical capacity (human and logistical) by Dorosh, Paul A.,Ali, Shawkat,Bin Khaled, Muhammad Nahian,Mustafa, Shoumi Pdf

For almost fifty years, the Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU) of the Ministry of Food has played a role in policy analysis and planning related to the Public Foodgrain Distribution System (PFDS) and food policy in Bangladesh. Supported by a series of major donor-funded technical sup-port projects, this small unit has had major positive impacts on food policy reforms, as well as policy decisions on timing of PFDS imports, domestic procurement and distribution. And in the last dec-ade, the FPMU has played a lead role in formulation and monitoring of Country Investment Plans for Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition. Thus, the FPMU provides support not only to the Ministry of Food, but nine other ministries, as well. This expanded mandate and the increased complexity of food and nutrition policy in Bangladesh suggest the need for an in-depth examination of the FPMU’s structure and performance. This diag-nostic study, based on a review of documents, interviews of FPMU staff and other government offi-cials, stakeholder consultations and synthesis of findings, assesses the organizational structure, management, technical performance (data management and direct support to food policy implemen-tation) and capacity strengthening needs to provide insights on how to further enhance the FPMU’s effectiveness.

Working with countries of Asia and the Pacific to achieve the 2030 Agenda

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789251321393

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Working with countries of Asia and the Pacific to achieve the 2030 Agenda by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

The report summarizes country achievements in the Asia and Pacific region in advancing towards the 2030 SDG deadlines. These success stories involve FAO offices working with governments and partners in some 21 countries in Asia and a complitation of success stories from the Pacific. It was initially published for presentation at the 35th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Asia and the Pacific (APRC-35) in Thimphu, Bhutan (17-20 February 2020), but these achievements will be of interest to member countries and other development partners for several years to come.

Securing food for all in Bangladesh

Author : Ahmed, Akhter, ed.,Islam, Nurul, ed.,Mujeri, Mustafa K., ed.
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2021-11-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9789845063715

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Securing food for all in Bangladesh by Ahmed, Akhter, ed.,Islam, Nurul, ed.,Mujeri, Mustafa K., ed. Pdf

Securing Food for All in Bangladesh presents an array of research that collectively address four broad issues: (1) agricultural technology adoption; (2) input use and agricultural productivity; (3) food security and output market; and (4) poverty, food security, and women’s empowerment. The fifteen chapters of the book address diverse aspects within these four themes. Access to sufficient food by all people at all times to meet their dietary needs is a matter of critical importance. Despite declining arable agricultural land, Bangladesh has made commendable progress in boosting domestic food production. The growth in overall food production has been keeping ahead of population growth, resulting in higher per capita availability of food over time. In the early 1970s, Bangladesh was a food-deficit country with a population of about 75 million. Today, the population is 165 million, and the country is now self-sufficient in rice production, which has tripled over the past three decades. Along with enhanced food production, increased income has improved people’s access to food. Furthermore, nutritional outcomes have improved significantly. Nevertheless, the challenges to food and nutrition security remain formidable. Future agricultural growth and food and nutrition security are threatened by population growth, worsening soil fertility, diminishing access to land and other scarce natural resources, increasing vulnerability of crop varieties to pests and diseases, and persistent poverty leading to poor access to food. In addition, the impacts of climate change—an increase in the incidence of natural disasters, sea intrusion, and salinity—will exacerbate food and nutrition insecurity in the coming decades if corrective measures are not taken. Aligned with this context, the authors of the book explore policy options and strategies for developing agriculture and improving food security in Bangladesh. Securing Food for All in Bangladesh, with its breadth and scope, will be an invaluable resource for policymakers, researchers, and students dedicated to improving people’s livelihoods in Bangladesh.

Evaluation of "Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural policies – Phase II" (MAFAP II)

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789251349502

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Evaluation of "Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural policies – Phase II" (MAFAP II) by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Governments have turned to FAO for support in identifying and assessing options for reforming policies on food and agriculture through the “Monitoring and Analysing Food and Agricultural Policies” (MAFAP) programme. While the first phase of FAO’s efforts concentrated more on conducting policy analysis and measuring public expenditures, this second phase built on the first phase’s outcomes to support policy reforms across Southern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. MAFAP has been found to be an effective and well-positioned influencer of policy reforms in the agricultural sector. However, there are areas of improvement for this programme, including: i) increased resources to better address increasing policy support demand; ii) more strategic planning; iii) more formal institutionalization and more engagement with civil society and the private sector; iv) more coherence at country level in conducting preliminary analysis; and v) improvement to its knowledge management system in order not to lose its institutional memory.

Feed the Future Bangladesh: Zone of Influence Survey 2018/2019 Baseline

Author : International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Feed the Future Bangladesh: Zone of Influence Survey 2018/2019 Baseline by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Pdf

Feed the Future seeks to sustainably reduce global poverty, hunger, and malnutrition by helping partner countries boost agriculture-led growth, resilience, and nutrition. Program efforts are designed to impact the population in Zones of Influence (ZOI) in Feed the Future target countries. The ZOI is the targeted sub-national regions and districts where the program intends to achieve the greatest household- and individual-level impacts on poverty, hunger, and malnutrition. Progress in achieving Feed the Future’s objectives is tracked using population-based performance indicators collected at baseline then periodically thereafter. The purpose of the Bangladesh Feed the Future Phase 2 ZOI 2018/2019 Baseline Survey, referred to as the Feed the Future Bangladesh ZOI Baseline Survey 2018/2019 throughout this report, is to provide the U.S. Government interagency partners, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Bureau for Resilience and Food Security (RFS), USAID/Bangladesh, the Government of Bangladesh, and development partners with information on the current status of the Feed the Future ZOI-level population-based survey indicators.

Evaluating food policy options in Bangladesh: Analysis of costs, benefits, and tradeoffs between targeted distribution versus public agricultural and infrastructure investments

Author : Dorosh, Paul A.,Thurlow, James,Pradesha, Angga,Raihan, Selim
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Evaluating food policy options in Bangladesh: Analysis of costs, benefits, and tradeoffs between targeted distribution versus public agricultural and infrastructure investments by Dorosh, Paul A.,Thurlow, James,Pradesha, Angga,Raihan, Selim Pdf

Bangladesh has successfully improved national food security over the last two decades, primarily by increasing rice production and consumption. However, the country’s food system remains vulnerable to periodic floods and droughts that seriously affect agricultural production and prices. While food imports can cushion the effects of these short-term climate shocks, there is always uncertainty about whether shortages in global commodity markets will coincide with domestic production shortfalls, leading to particularly adverse outcomes, especially for poor farmers and net consumers. This is one of the reasons why Bangladesh’s government has maintained a long-standing public grain procurement and storage system, as well as a large social protection program that distributes subsidized rice and wheat to poor households. These programs, together with investments in farm productivity, have enhanced the resilience of Bangladesh’s food system to climate and world market shocks. Heightened climate variability in recent years has also led the government to increase stocks and make substantial new investments to expand public grain storage capacity.

Study on HarvestPlus' contribution to the development of national biofortification breeding programs

Author : Douthwaite, Boru
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Study on HarvestPlus' contribution to the development of national biofortification breeding programs by Douthwaite, Boru Pdf

This evaluative review is one of a series of end-of-program studies being carried out by the CGIAR Research Program (CRP) on Agriculture for Nutrition and Health (A4NH) to document lessons from its achievements to inform future research and development (R&D) efforts. This study looks at lessons learned from HarvestPlus’ work with National Agricultural Research and Extension Systems (NARES) to develop and implement sustainable biofortification breeding programs. HarvestPlus is part of A4NH.

Social Safety Nets and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries

Author : Jannatul Ferdous,AKM Ahsan Ullah
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-05
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003825425

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Social Safety Nets and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries by Jannatul Ferdous,AKM Ahsan Ullah Pdf

This book investigates the origins, current state, and fundamental value of social safety nets in developing countries, as well as their effectiveness in these settings. Social safety net programs (SSNPs) are critical because they keep those who are already vulnerable from falling deeper into poverty. Analysing how social safety nets benefit the most disadvantaged and marginalized members of society by allowing those in need to become financially stable, more resilient, and open up more opportunities for themselves, this book shows that social safety nets (SSNs) are a collection of social services designed to protect people from the effects of economic and emotional hardship. Showing that the purpose of the safety net is not to provide permanent financial security, but rather to provide temporary financial security during periodic shocks and how this applies in South Asia and also in parts of Africa, this book will be of interest to all scholars and students of social policy, sociology, social work, and Global South politics more generally.

Climate change, biodiversity and nutrition nexus

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2021-12-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789251349205

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Climate change, biodiversity and nutrition nexus by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Humankind is facing a perfect storm of climate change, biodiversity loss, and multiple forms of malnutrition (stunting, wasting, micronutrient deficiencies, and obesity) coexisting in the same country, community, household, and even individual. Challenges from each of these areas are well known and recognized, but what seems to be missing in many development and policy circles is a recognition that food is at the centre of all three of these issues. This paper identifies entry points within agri-food systems to improve biodiversity and diets, two levers that can be used to enhance nutrition and optimize environmental sustainability while ensuring social equity, especially of the most vulnerable people. It also presents recommendations for concrete actions by key stakeholders – governments, academia, civil society, private sector, and development partners –to build resilient, inclusive, and sustainable agri-food systems.

Food systems for healthier diets in Bangladesh: Towards a research agenda

Author : de Brauw, Alan,Waid, Jillian,Meisner, Craig A.,Akter, Fahmida,Khan, Bushra Ferdous
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 62 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Food systems for healthier diets in Bangladesh: Towards a research agenda by de Brauw, Alan,Waid, Jillian,Meisner, Craig A.,Akter, Fahmida,Khan, Bushra Ferdous Pdf

The national food system of Bangladesh has made substantial progress since experiencing famine in 1974, soon after independence. After the famine, the government placed a strong emphasis on policies required to attain grain self-sufficiency; since attaining self-sufficiency, the production system, policies related to it, and resulting diets have begun to diversify. Nonetheless, undernutrition remains a problem, and fruit and vegetable consumption are inadequate for most people relative to international recommendations. Moreover, as the food system has begun to transition towards a modern one, challenges related to food safety and perceived food adulteration have begun to rise. Further, increased processed food intakes are potentially associated with existing rising overweight and obesity status. Both government interventions and innovations are needed to help shift the national food system to improve nutrient-dense food availability, particularly among the poor, and to limit the increase in processed food consumption.

Women’s empowerment and crop diversification in Bangladesh: A possible pathway to climate change adaptation and better nutrition

Author : De Pinto, Alessandro,Seymour, Gregory,Bryan, Elizabeth,Bhandary, Prapti
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 31 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Women’s empowerment and crop diversification in Bangladesh: A possible pathway to climate change adaptation and better nutrition by De Pinto, Alessandro,Seymour, Gregory,Bryan, Elizabeth,Bhandary, Prapti Pdf

The existing literature shows that climate change will likely affect several of the dimensions that determine people’s food security status in Bangladesh, from crop production to the availability of food products and their accessibility. Crop diversification represents a farm-level response that reduces exposure to climate-related risks and it has also been shown to increase diet diversity and contribute to the reduction in micronutrient deficiencies. In fact, the Government of Bangladesh has several policies in place that encourage and support agricultural diversification. However, despite this support the level of crop diversification in the country remains low. Women empowerment has been linked to diversified diets and positively associated with better child nutrition outcomes. Furthermore, although traditionally their role in agriculture tends to be undervalued, women involvement has already been shown to affect agricultural production choices and enhance technical efficiency. This paper connects three different areas of inquiry - climate change, gender and nutrition – by exploring whether women’s empowerment in agricultural production leads to increased diversification in the use of farmland. Specifically, we use a series of econometric techniques to evaluate whether there is sufficient evidence to claim that a higher levels of empowerment lead to greater diversity in the allocation of farmland to agricultural crops. Our results reveal that indeed some aspects of women empowerment, but not all, lead to a more diversified use of farmland and to a transition for cereal production to other uses like vegetables and fruits. These findings provide some possible pathways for gender-sensitive interventions that promote crop diversity as a risk management tool and as a way to improve the availability of nutritious crops.