Rapports

Integrating coastal aquaculture with wet rice farming could boost Bangladesh's food security and combat climate change. Read the full report on the Guardian.

Abstract Using calories in a unitary framework, previous literature has claimed lack of gender inequality in intrahousehold food distribution. This paper finds that while there is lack of gender disparity in the calorie adequacy ratio, the disparity…

Barguna, on the coast of the Gulf of Bengal, is situated in one of the poorest regions of Bangladesh. At the mercy of typhoons, frequent flooding, it lacks a suitable healthcare structure, and its population faces…

HIGHLIGHTS In the current quarter the countrywide retail prices of rice remained stable at 25 Tk/kg, however, this is 2.5 percent higher than the previous quarter. When compared to the high food prices of 2008, the retail…

By Guy Hubbard Northwest Bangladesh, 19 February 2013 – “The water just came right through the village and through our houses,” says Shohiton Begum. UNICEF correspondent Guy Hubbard reports on a programme that is helping to alleviate the…

By Maherin Ahmed in Dhaka Bangladesh is one of the most vulnerable countries in the world to climate risks, tropical cyclones and storm surges, affecting hundreds of thousands of people each year. It is also one of…

CHF 296,678 has been allocated from the IFRC’s DREF on 3 January 2012 to replenish 30,000 blankets of which the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society (BDRCS) delivered for immediate assistance to 75,000 cold-affected beneficiaries (15,000 families) in…

Period covered by this update: 23 November to 21 December 2012 Summary: CHF 292,693 was allocated from the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Society (IFRC)’s Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) on 17 October 2012…

Floodwaters that used to create fertile ground for rice crops have become violent and random – with catastrophic consequences Majeda lays out the food that has to keep her and her two young children going for the…

DHAKA, 22 January 2013 (IRIN) - NGOs in Bangladesh are pushing for a constitutional amendment to guarantee the legal right to access food, or a food security “framework law” that will hold the state liable for…