Food and health case study; attempts to take food insecurity f.4

Question 1

where is you case study for this set?

Answer 1

in Bangladesh

Question 2

what are the effecting factors of food insecurity in Bangladesh?

Answer 2

international trade, land scarcity, the need to increase production of nutritional foods, natural hazards and climate change.

Question 3

what on what levels is food insecurity in Bangladesh an issue?

Answer 3

national, household and individual levels.

Question 4

how has Bangladesh improved food security?

Answer 4

increasing production of rice using irrigation water and high-yielding varieties.
the government has invested in storing facilities for rich and cold storing facilities for fish, meat, eggs and potatoes.
transport infrastructure has been upgraded to enable faster and better distributions of food, including imports and reducing waste.

Question 5

which foods is Bangladesh most self- sufficient in?

Answer 5

eggs, poatatos, fish, meat and rice.

Question 6

what foods is Bangladesh least sufficient in?

Answer 6

wheat, sugar and pulses.

Question 7

what are some facts and statistics about the levels of food insecurity in Bangladesh?

Answer 7

food insecurity has declined considerably since the 1970s, however 50 million are still said to be food insecure, 26 million of whom are said to be extremely food insecure.

Question 8

who suffers mostly from the food insecurity in Bangladesh?

Answer 8

rural dwellers who are vunreble to the annual monsoon floods.

Question 9

talk about Bangladesh in 2024?

Answer 9

More recent policies have started to explicitly recognise the links between climate change and food security. These include the National Adaptation Programme of Action.

There is evidence that climate change is already negatively affecting food security in Bangladesh, and this is projected to worsen substantially under high-warming scenarios.

Climate-smart agriculture approaches can play a vital role in building resilient food supplies and help tackle the issue of food availability. In Bangladesh, relevant approaches include increasing access to drought-resistant and flood-tolerant crop varieties, adopting agroforestry methods, and implementing sustainable land management techniques.