An assessment of research needs for food security in Bangladesh

A key output planned under the National Food Policy Capacity Strengthening Programme (NFPCSP) is a Research Needs Digest (RND) that will serve as a reference for food security related research and as a basis for inviting research proposals under the NFPCSP research grant award initiative. The RND is the core of the present report which is the Assessment of Research Needs (ARN). While the ARN reports on the entire assessment exercise with findings appearing from the unabridged level (without any selection of priorities having been made) to the digest level (a select set of priority Research Themes), the RND is the prioritized findings in the digest (Chapter 8 of this report). The RND highlights the views and current thinking of various stakeholders in the food security debate on what constitute important gaps in knowledge regarding food security policy related research in Bangladesh.

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An assessment of research needs for food security in Bangladesh