Dr Fahmida Khatun speaks to us regarding how Bangladesh can shield itself from a possible food crisis.
The agricultural and cereal price indices remained stable over the past two weeks and are currently one percentage higher compared to two weeks ago, said the Food Security Update of the World Bank.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (October 17, 2022) once again called for stopping the Russia-Ukraine war blaming the conflict for disrupting the global food supplies leading to increased cost of food.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today renewed her call to raise food production and bring fallow lands under cultivation to protect Bangladesh from the brunt of looming food crisis worldwide.
The rapid increase in global food prices in recent months have put many countries including Bangladesh in a crisis.
India is now likely to consider imposing restrictions on rice export in a bid to ensure adequate availability in the domestic market and prevent a rise in prices, sources said.
Natural calamities, including the recent flash floods in haor areas caused by heavy rain amid cyclone Ashani, have damaged the production of 78,987 tonnes of boro rise this season, according to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE).
This season’s boro harvesting is at the door. Yet, the price hike of rice continues.
The food security situation in Bangladesh has been in troubled waters all through the year. The metaphor stands true in the literal sense as well, since the recent threats to food security are largely a result of the damage caused by two successive floods: the flash flood during April and the monsoon flood since late June.
Dr Fahmida Khatun speaks to us regarding how Bangladesh can shield itself from a possible food crisis.
The agricultural and cereal price indices remained stable over the past two weeks and are currently one percentage higher compared to two weeks ago, said the Food Security Update of the World Bank.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today (October 17, 2022) once again called for stopping the Russia-Ukraine war blaming the conflict for disrupting the global food supplies leading to increased cost of food.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina today renewed her call to raise food production and bring fallow lands under cultivation to protect Bangladesh from the brunt of looming food crisis worldwide.
The rapid increase in global food prices in recent months have put many countries including Bangladesh in a crisis.
India is now likely to consider imposing restrictions on rice export in a bid to ensure adequate availability in the domestic market and prevent a rise in prices, sources said.
Natural calamities, including the recent flash floods in haor areas caused by heavy rain amid cyclone Ashani, have damaged the production of 78,987 tonnes of boro rise this season, according to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE).
This season’s boro harvesting is at the door. Yet, the price hike of rice continues.
The food security situation in Bangladesh has been in troubled waters all through the year. The metaphor stands true in the literal sense as well, since the recent threats to food security are largely a result of the damage caused by two successive floods: the flash flood during April and the monsoon flood since late June.
An estimated 12,000 Rohingyas crossed into Bangladesh yesterday as severe food crisis and violence in Myanmar have triggered a fresh exodus. Besides setting fire to Rohingya homes in Rakhine State, the Myanmar army and local Buddhists are burning shops, markets and even crops fields, claimed the newly arrived refugees.