@article{Brigadier General Md Nasim Akhter, ndc, afwc, psc_2011, place={Dhaka, Bangladesh}, title={FOOD SECURITY-WAY AHEAD FOR A HUNGER FREE BANGLADESH}, volume={10}, url={https://ndcjournal.ndc.gov.bd/ndcj/index.php/ndcj/article/view/81}, abstractNote={<p>Food security is not just about “demand and supply” of food; it encompasses<br>“availability”, “accessibility” and “utilization” by every households and<br>individual at all time. Bangladesh cannot be termed as food secured country<br>as it is yet to meet the facets of food security definition. Poverty is the biggest<br>impediment in achieving food security in Bangladesh. It is also a source of hunger.<br>In last three decades Bangladesh has tripled its rice production keeping pace<br>with growing population, one of the densest in the world. Significant progress<br>has been made in other crops production like wheat, vegetable, livestock, poultry,<br>fisheries etc too. The country, hinging between “self sufficiency” and “near to<br>self sufficiency” in food, mostly depends on bumper production or damage by<br>natural disaster which is very often and severe. Shrinking land, effects of climate<br>change and erratic nature are causes of food insecurity besides malnourishment,<br>hygiene, inapt policies implementation, poor market infrastructure etc. The study<br>analyses the programs, laws, rules and policies undertaken by the government to<br>attain food security revealing that poor and disjointed implementation remains as<br>hindrance in accomplishing those. The study suggests that a separate supervisory<br>authority may be formed to plan, coordinate and monitor implementation of<br>appropriate polices for Bangladesh. Furthermore, modernizing cultivation<br>and large cooperative system are two cardinals Bangladesh agriculture has to<br>embark upon in order to increase production in future. Weather resilient high<br>yield varieties, genetically modified and bio-tech varieties should be invented<br>and released sufficiently to the farmers. Use of ICT especially in enhancing<br>extension system is of paramount important. It is felt that food security could<br>be incorporated in the list of MDGs since most of its (MDG) targets are similar<br>to the components of food security. The thesis concludes by suggesting that the<br>definition of food security, if pursued with sincerity and wisdom the country will<br>be able to do away with hunger forever.</p>}, number={2}, journal={NDC E-JOURNAL}, author={Brigadier General Md Nasim Akhter, ndc, afwc, psc}, year={2011}, month={Dec.}, pages={1-19} }