food security

food security

Niaz Md. Farhat Rahman. Sketch: TBS

How will El Niño impact Bangladesh’s climate and agriculture this year?

El Niño may affect Bangladesh significantly. The country can experience below-average rainfall or irregular precipitation patterns, and warmer conditions can bring droughts

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Food security remains protected amid global crisis: PM Hasina tells JS

Abundant consumption of meat in many developed countries has attracted grain supplies to animal farms instead of kitchen markets. Illustration: Bloomberg

Feed people, not factory farms

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Dhaka advocates for collective response to conflict-induced global food insecurity

Floods, be it at home or in Asian neighbours, are reasons for worry about the price and supply of rice. Photo: Bloomberg

The world can't stop floods but can keep food channels open

FILE PHOTO: Mussa Adam Bakr (R), 48, who farms a plot of land next to a mud brick factory, collects eggplants with his workers on his field on Tuti Island, Khartoum, Sudan, February 14, 2020. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra/File Photo

Fighting in Sudan leaves farmers struggling to get crops planted

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IFC will contribute to accelerating exports by ensuring safe food and preventing food waste

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258 million people needed urgent food aid in 2022: UN

The Boro season, spanning from December to March, represents the peak cropping period, yielding over two crore tonnes of rice annually. File Photo: Noor-A-Alam/TBS

Dry spell looms as Aman cultivation begins in May

A woman holds a card recently issued by the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh to reduce hassles faced by the beneficiaries while receiving essentials under the Open Market Sale programme. Photo: Rajib Dhar

Carer in crisis: How TCB guards the food insecure

Measuring the concentration of harmful gases in an underground potash mine at the Usolskiy Potash Complex in the Perm region of Russia in 2017. Source: Bloomberg

Russia and China have a stranglehold on the world's food security

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1 crore families to get 10kg VGF rice each during Ramadan

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Country's rice output now goes four folds after independence: Dr Razzaque