Social Issues: Occupation Change and Food Security in Bangladesh

Abstract

Agriculture in Bangladesh is caught in a low equilibrium trap with productivity of staples, supply shortfalls, high prices, low returns to farmer and area diversification. All these factors can be threat to food security. The country has the highest concentration of undernourished and poor people though Bangladesh has established a food bank to meet the needs of food security. This is despite the felt need of country to evolve mechanisms to make the Food security reserve operational. It is against this background that topic has been undertaken. Conducted in collaboration with think tanks from country, it aims to identify social issues relating occupational change and food security, the policy initiatives taken to tackle these issues, evaluate these policies and suggest measures to overcome identified constraints in order to improve the food security situation in the country under a strategic plan giving importance to the agriculture sector.