Survey on Food Security and Hunger in Bangladesh

Authors/Editors:  RDRS, BCAS & BAU 

Published by:  Rangput-Dinajpur Rural Survices (RDRS) in association with BCAS

year: August 2005

About the Book

This report is an outcome of the study on Food Security and Hunger in Bangladesh – jointly conducted by RDRS-Bangladesh, BCAS, BAU, CCDB, CODEC, FIVDB, PROVA and Sacheton. RDRS-Bangladesh coordinated the study. This study focused on food security and hanger rather than poverty alleviation and emphasized on the basic indicator of the poverty. This report also highlights the nature, extends and trend of poverty and level of food security and hunger of the ultra poor and suggests appropriate and sustainable methods of reducing food insecurity and hunger of the ultra poor. This research report stimulated academic thinking by strengthening the information available in the literature on UN-World Food Programme (WFPs), Food Security Atlas.