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Searching with a thematic focus on Food security in Bangladesh

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  An assessment of research needs for food security in Bangladesh

  2007

  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).
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  A review in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan : benchmarking for performance improvement in urban utilities

  World Bank Office, Dhaka, 2010

  Performance benchmarking is a powerful tool to make service providers more accountable, and to measure progress while improving performance. This review examines the introduction of performance benchmarking in over 30 urban water utilities across Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan since 2003, with the support of their respective governments and the Water and Sanitation Program - South Asia.
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  Promoting ecosysterm-based adaptation practices and iterative learning in Bangladesh's drought-prone areas: livelihood adaptation to climate change project (LACC)

  Ecosystems and Livelihoods Adaptation Network, 2011

  The impacts of climate variability and change are global concerns, but in Bangladesh, where large parts of the population are vulnerable to a range of natural hazards, they are particularly critical.
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  Food Poverty and Consequent Vulnerability of Children: A Comparative Study of Ethnic Minorities and Monga-Affected Households in Bangladesh

  2010

  Ethnic minorities in Bangladesh, mostly concentrated in the south-eastern part (referred to as the SOUTH), comprise approximately 1 % of the total population. A large portion of these minority people live below the poverty line. Child poverty is known to be extensive in this group.
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  Improving diet quality and micronutrient nutrition: homestead food production in Bangladesh

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2009

  A critical yet often overlooked component of food security is diet quality. Even households who have access to sufficient amounts of food and calories may still lack essential micronutrients, increasing their risk for both short- and long-term health and development consequences.
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  Innovative approaches to gender and food security: insights, issue 82

  Knowledge Services, IDS, 2012

  This issue of insights shows how development policy and practice can potentially improve food security while supporting women’s  empowerment. They can focus on women’s critical role as food producers, consumers  and family carers, while transforming gender norms and inequalities within households and communities.
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  Impacts of increasing production costs on rice price: implications for food security

  Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2011

  Food security is a major concern in Bangladesh due to the ever-increasing population as well as agricultural commodities' heightening costs. This paper sheds light on possible solutions to the challenge facing the Bangladeshi government to keep prices of rice within an accessible limit for the poor and to maintain a fair price for local farmers.
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  Agriculture biodiversity and food security: two sides of a coin

  Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2010

  This research paper explains the relationship between food production and agricultural biodiversity, and analyses the impact of indiscriminate loss of agricultural biodiversity on food security.
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  The right to food: Bangladesh perspectives

  Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2010

  This paper evaluates the performance of Bangladesh on the implementation of the ‘right to food’ in light of commitment made by the state.
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  Zero hunger:transforming evidence-based success into effective change

  Action Against Hunger, 2011

  This briefing paper, published by Action Against Hunger, seeks to understand why and how countries like Brazil, Peru, Mozambique, Malawi, and Bangladesh have managed to reduce undernutrition, while others have not.

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