It said the rural people are deprived of their right to food due to land grabbing by the influential members of the society.

The study was conducted by Foodfirst Information and Action Network (FIAN), an international organisation working in Bangladesh.

" The lack of political will and widespread corruption are the main reasons behind the violation of the right to food of the vulnerable people," said Michaela Magrel, a member of the FIAN while presenting the study report at Dhaka Reporters Auditorium (DRU) yesterday.

The study also found that conflicting laws and inappropriate land documents are also responsible for land grabbing by the unscrupulous people.

It said on many occasions, the actual victims have to face false cases while there is no prosecution against the real culprits.

Divided into three groups, FIAN study teams comprising members from different countries, visited Tangail, Moulvi Bazar, Faridpur, Pabna, Noakhali, Khulna, Satkhira and Patuakhali districts and investigated cases of land rights violation.

Khorshed Alam, FIAN Bangladesh, and Sabina Papst of FIAN International, also spoke on the occasion.