The Boro crop, harvested in April and May, accounts for about 55 percent of Bangladesh’s total rice production and is important for food security. This season, boro was planted on more than 455,000 hectares in the Haor area, with a production target exceeding 1.9 million tonnes. Although most of the crop has been harvested, rising […]
Far from being an extreme case, the description given by Nasr echoes stories told by several interviewees who spoke to Reuters in Rafah and elsewhere. People reported eating only once a day, inadequate food with inadequate nutrition, lack of rationed water, drinking dirty water leading to diarrhea in children. The war was started by Hamas […]
Earlier, WFP had published another report titled ‘Bangladesh Market Monitor: May-July’ in September. In that report, the agency said food prices in Bangladesh were rising due to a decline in remittance inflows and a reserve crisis (foreign exchange). Along with this, the report said that the cost of production of food products like rice and […]
Some 258 million people were in need of emergency food aid last year because of conflict, economic shocks and climate disasters, a UN report said on Wednesday, a sharp increase from 193 million the previous year. “More than a billion people are now facing acute levels of hunger, and some are on the verge of […]
“In that case, we would be able to export large quantities of rice instead of importing grain,” he said. Hasina also directed officials to ensure that the stock of food grains in Bangladesh is not less than 1.5 million tonnes. According to the cabinet secretary, till November 22, the stock of food grains in the […]
The government could not fulfill expected level of food reserve.In fact this has never been achieved in the last five years. In most of the cases respective officers are found to be inefficient & corrupt, as a result funds allocated for the purpose are not utilized properly.Price of paddy was fixed at taka17per Kg
