Ministers along with local and foreign experts on Thursday called for improving land management for its economic use, creating employment for rural youth, and ensuring fair price for produces of farmers addressing the governance problems to ensure food security in Bangladesh. They said this at a function as Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute released […]
Pest plague lowered in Bt brinjal: Study
Pest infestation, especially invasion of 'shoot borer', is much lower in Bt brinjal than other traditional varieties, a latest study showed. Bt brinjal is the first genetically modified (GM) crop ever developed in Bangladesh. Leaf-eating beetles were found 47.1 per cent of plants in case of Bt brinjal when it was 63.7 per cent for […]
Bt Brinjal Study: Pesticide Use Falls, But Risk Remains
The cultivation of Bt brinjal has enabled farmers to reduce pesticide use and log higher profits but the genetically modified vegetable is not fully free from the risk of fruit and shoot borer (FSB) infestation, a new study found. The FSB is one of the most devastating pests that damages up to a third of […]
Challenge lies in ensuring healthy diets for all in BD
Experts identified on Wednesday several challenges to ensuring healthy diets for all age groups in Bangladesh, including an increase in consumption of healthy foods and a cut in consumption of some processed foods with little nutritional value or anti-nutritive factors. They noted that mere awareness about healthy diet was not sufficient as people consume foods […]
Healthy Diets to Combat Malnutrition and Climate Change: Shenggen Fan
Shenggen Fan The global food system faces major challenges and trends related to rapid urbanisation, changing diets, climate change, political uncertainties, and anti-globalization sentiments. At the same time, there has been growing recognition that, in addition to addressing multiple burdens of malnutrition, there is an increasing need to seek an environmentally sustainable food system in […]
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