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Achieving Sustainable Food security in Bangladesh Perspective from Organic Farming. Agriculture supports livelihoods of 75-85% population It contributes 23.47% of GDP in 2002-03 Agricultural products contribute 5.10% of the total country’s export.
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Achieving Sustainable Food security in Bangladesh Perspective from Organic Farming
Agriculture supports livelihoods of 75-85% population It contributes 23.47% of GDP in 2002-03 Agricultural products contribute 5.10% of the total country’s export. In last few decades farmers inclined more to input based cash cropping This made farmers dependent on market economy than subsistence economy. Nature, Extent and Trends of Food Production in Bangladesh
IT’S About------- Local agricultural production and production system. Farmers right to produce food and consumers rights to consumption and purchase The right of nations to protect themselves from cheap agricultural and food imports (dumping). Linking agricultural prices to production costs Acknowledging the right of women farmers Food Security : A Conceptual Framework
Policies to promote HYV tech. Increased application of chemical fertilizers and insecticides Cropping intensity increased by 600 percent, proportion of irrigated land by 800, HYV land by 1300 and rice yield increased by 65 per cent We lost soil fertility Rice Variety decreased to about 20 from 1400 Green Revolution and its Consequences
In last 100 years Bangladesh warmed up about 0.5 degree C and 0.5 m rise of sea level • 1 m sea rise in sea level inundate • 64000 h Coastal Agriculture land • Transfer of water by proposed RLP of India will cause substantial water flow decrease in the lower Meghna and cause saline water intrusion. • Bangladesh suffering acute water shortage for Farakkah since 1975. • RLP will endanger agricultural and biological resources of Bangladesh. Crises of Food Sovereignty: Climate Change
Promotion of Regenerative • Agriculture • Promotion and preservation of local seeds, plants in community organization level • Nutrition education tailoring to the need of child, older people and pregnant mothers, • Promotion and preservation of organic agriculture, Herbal and Seed • Campaign against consumerism • Networking for creating movement in local, national and international level Grassroots Practices to Secure Food Sovereignty