Food Security in Bangladesh: Present Status and Trend

Authors

  • MEA Begum Agricultural Economics Division, Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute (BARI) Joydebpur, Gazipur, Bangladesh
  • MI Hossain Department of Agribusiness and Marketing, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
  • L D’Haese Department of Bio-Engineering, Antwerp University, Antwerp, Belgium

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3329/pa.v24i1-2.19178

Keywords:

Nutrition security, Food intake, Dietary energy requirement, Micro-nutrient

Abstract

The study was is an attempt that offers better understanding the overall trend and pattern of food consumption and micro-nutrient intake using secondary data. The study revealed that total dietary energy consumption was 2230 kcal/capita/day which was higher than the total energy requirements of 2225 kcal/capita/day in 2003-2005. The shares of energy from protein (8.61%) and from fat (10.90%) were lower than 12% and 20% respectively, although upward trends for dietary fat and protein consumption were observed in between 1969-1971 and 2003-2005. The prevalence of child malnutrition declined in between 1992 and 2006. The results indicate that Bangladesh is not currently food secure in the sense of share of the total energy coming from protein and fat.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/pa.v24i1-2.19178

Progress. Agric. 24(1&2): 263 - 271, 2013

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Published

2014-06-17

How to Cite

Begum, M., Hossain, M., & D’Haese, L. (2014). Food Security in Bangladesh: Present Status and Trend. Progressive Agriculture, 24(1-2), 263–271. https://doi.org/10.3329/pa.v24i1-2.19178

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 1-2 (2013)

Section

Social Science