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COVID-19 and Food Security in Bangladesh

A Chance to Look Back at What Is Done and What Can Be Done

The COVID-19 pandemic has created a global health crisis, and the long-term impact of the pan­demic is predicted to reach far beyond today. In a lower-middle-income country with upward economic growth, such as Bangladesh, it is essential first to understand the present situation in order to create a proper recovery plan. Bangladesh has made significant progress in poverty reduction over the last two decades. Its poverty rate dropped to 23.2% in 2016 from 48.9% in 2000 (Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics [BBS], 2018), which has also helped improve the country’s food security status. Bangladesh has made remarkable progress over the last few years (Roy, Dev, & Sheheli, 2019) in most of the four dimensions of food security: food availability, food access, food utilization, and food stability. . . .

Title of publication: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD)
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ISSN: 2152-0801 online
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Auteur: Debashish Sarker Dev - University of Queensland
Autres autheurs: Khondokar H. Kabir - Bangladesh Agricultural University
Organisation: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (JAFSCD)
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Année: 2020
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Pays: Bangladesh
Couverture géographique: Asie et le Pacifique
Type: Article de revue spécialisée
Texte intégral disponible à l'adresse: https://doi.org/10.5304/jafscd.2020.094.008
Langue: English
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