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Bose, Manik Lal; Dey, Madan Mohan. |
The progress towards achieving household nutritional food-security in Bangladesh has remained slow. So far the food security is cereal-based (mainly rice) and food basket has not yet diversified towards high nutritive/ quality food. This article has examined the expenditure inequalities in the dietary pattern and incidence of poverty in Bangladesh by using household income, expenditure and food consumption survey data. Results have shown wide-spread inequalities in income and expenditure distribution. Among food items, the inequalities have been found very low for cereals and high for livestock and horticulture commodities and various types of fish species in both rural and urban areas. The analysis of food poverty, its depth and severity has revealed a... |
Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Food Security and Poverty. |
Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47329 |
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Hossain, Mahabub; Lewis, David J.; Bose, Manik Lal; Chowdhury, Alamgir. |
This case study builds on an ongoing large-scale quantitative research project undertaken by BIDS/IRRI since 1987 originally in 64 unions from 57 districts of the country. It adds a qualitative research component to examine the impact of modern rice varieties (MVs) on livelihoods in a structured sample of eight of these villages across a range of favorable and unfavorable contexts. This component was structured using the sustainable livelihoods framework and employed focus groups stratified by poverty ranking and gender. Rice is grown over almost 75 percent of the land area and is the country's most important crop. Two-thirds of this land area is now covered by MV technology after a rapid expansion over the past 15 years. The adoption process has been... |
Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. |
Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16082 |
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