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In an effort to increase horticultural production and ensuring food security – while creating an overall positive impact on urban environment, Mike Robson, FAO Representative in Bangladesh and Mohammad Mejbahuddin, Senior Secretary, Economic Relations Divisions, Ministry of Finance signed a Technical Cooperation Project entitled “Enhancing Urban Horticulture Production to Improve...

Following the invitation from Economic Relations Division (ERD), Ministry of Finance, Ms Kundhavi Kadiresan, Assistant Director General and Regional Representative for the Asia and Pacific Region of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) arrived in Bangladesh from Thailand at 12:30 PM, today - in order to...

The INFOOD Success Story Award 2015 goes to Prof. Nazma Shaheen, Dr Abu Torab MA Rahim, Md Mohiduzzaman, Cadi Parvin Banu, Md Latifur Bari, Avonti Basak Tukun, M A Mannan, Lalita Bhattacharjee, and Barbara Stadlmayr for their remarkable contribution in updating ‘Food Composition Table in Bangladesh’ – which now includes a total of 381...

Addressing the increasing need for standardized method(s) to differentiate populations and households with varying degrees of food insecurity - to scope further interventions – senior government officials from the Ministry of food gathered at the day-long seminar, met with development partners and subject matter specialists from home and abroad, on...

FAOR, Mike Robson, recently hosted a lunchtime discussion with Mahfuz Enam, editor of the Dhaka Daily Star, the leading English language newspaper in Bangladesh on media coverage of issues relating to food security and nutrition.  He was accompanied by three of his reporting team.  FAOR was also supported by his...