Bangladesh and Food security
- Capital:
Dhaka - Population:
156118464 - Size:
144000.0 Km2
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- Exploring how status affects the food security of women in Bangladesh
- M.A. Razzaque; M.M.K. Toufique / United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2007
- This paper explores the relationship between women's status within the household (her power to bargain) and food security, considering individuals food intake, physical differences, activities performed, budget and asset control. It d...
- Food price hikes, food security, and gender equality: assessing the roles and vulnerability of women in households of Bangladesh and Ethiopia
- Dr Zenebe Bashaw Uraguchi / Routledge Taylor and Francis Group, 2010
- This article, based on research into the effects of the sudden rise in food prices from 2007 – 2008, shows how women responded to food insecurity in farming households in areas of Bangladesh and Ethiopia. In 2008 these two count...
- No significant differences in food security between male and female-headed households in Bangladesh
- D. Mallick; M. Rafi / Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2010
- This paper uses household and village-level survey data to investigate the food security of male- and female-headed households in Bangladesh with particular attention to indigenous ethnic groups. The measure of food security is based ...
- Potential effects of introducing GM foods in four Asian countries
- G. Gruere; A. Bouet; S. Mevel / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2007
- This paper studies the potential effects of introducing genetically modified (GM) food crops in Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, and the Philippines in the presence of trade-related regulations of GM food in major importers. It focuses o...
- Helping ultra-poor people sustainably move out of poverty in Bangladesh
- Imran Matin; Munshi Sulaiman; Mehnaz Rabbani / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
- The poorest people are often caught in a poverty trap from which it is difficult to escape, even with the help of existing development programmes, including microfinance. A recent initiative in Bangladesh suggests it is possible to cr...
- The importance of uncultivated plants in India and Bangladesh
- F. Mazhar; D. Buckles; V.P. Satheesh; F. Akhter / International Development Research Centre, 2007
- Based on a series of studies and practical experiments undertaken over several years in the drylands of Medak district in Andhra Pradesh (South India) and in the flood-plains of Tangail district in Bangladesh, this slim volume tells u...
- Does dietry diversity indicate womens' dietry quality?: evidence from rural Bangladesh
- M. Arimond; L. Torheim; D. Wiesman / Food and Nutrition Technical Assistance Project, 2008
- In developing countries, where low-quality, monotonous grain- and tuber-based diets are the norm, the risk for micronutrient deficiencies is high, especially amongst women of reproductive age. However, despite being a global problem, ...
- How can livelihood diversification influence adaptive capacities in rural Bangladesh?
- J. Pouliotte; N. Islam; B. Smit; S. Islam / Tiempo Climate Cyberlibrary, 2006
- For many of the poorest residents of Subarnabad, a village in rural Bangladesh, lackof money to meet basic needs is related to the environmental changes that have been occurring during the last 25 to 30 years. The authors describe the...
- Fighting child malnutrition through the Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project
- Howard White; Edoardo Masset / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
- The Bangladesh Integrated Nutrition Project sought to improve the nutritional status of children through counselling and supplementary feeding for malnourished children and women. Such programmes often assume that increased knowledge ...
- Building community capacity to reduce salinity, tidal inundation and cyclone relate vulnerability
- South South North, 2006
- The goal of the project is to build the capacity of the community to reduce salinity, tidal inundation and cyclone relate vulnerability, as well as to facilitate poverty reduction. The specific objectives of the project are: ...
- Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP)
- The Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) works with extreme poor households living on island chars in north western Bangladesh, and aims to improve the livelihoods of over one million people. The CLP is jointly funded by UKaid through the Department for International Development and the Australian Government (AusAID), sponsored by the Rural Development and Co-operatives Division of the Government of...
