Staff Reporter Mymensingh :
Urban populations are growing rapidly in Bangladesh and the major cities are expanding through different economic activities specially the establishment of manufacturing industries – which are termed as “peri-urban”. Economic development has increased women’s participation in the labour force. But at the same time, the burden of domestic responsibility also mostly remains on their shoulder, which is affecting child care and nutrition. Child health is a common factor among urban population. In the urban areas, it is an issue of how children are fed and the care the children receive. More and more children in Bangladesh are taken care-of by caregivers, sometimes adult relatives due to mothers’ involvement in the productive sector.
The speech was mentioned in a interim result presentation workshop on Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) research by Professor Sadika Haque from Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) held on November 25 organized by The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU) of the Ministry of Food, Government of Bangladesh partnering with Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP).
The research is being jointly implemented by the Meeting the Under nutrition Challenge (MUCH) project with the financial support of the European Union (EU) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with other food security and nutrition (FSN) relevant ministries.
In the inaugural session, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Food, Khaja Abdul Hannan was present as the Chief Guest, Hans Lambrect, Delegation of the European Union;Robert D Simpson, FAO Representative; Dr CherdsakVirapat, Director General, CIRDAP were present as the special guests. The technical sessions were chaired by Naoki Minamiguchi, Chief Technical Adviser, MUCH, FAO. Besides, Professor Dr. Lutful Hassan, Vice-Chancellor, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh; Dr Lalita Bhattacharjee, Senior Nutrition Advisor, FAO MUCH; Ms. Saiqia Shiraz, Country Director, Professor Sadika Haque from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Nutrition International participated in the programme where more than 100 participants were present from different national and international organizations including BAU, USAID, UNDP, IRRI, UNICEF, World Fish were present there. Among the team members, more than 25 participants attended including Prof. Abu Torab Rahim from Dhaka University, Prof. Dr. Kamruzzaman, Dr. NahidSattar, Dr. Md. Nazmul Hoque Shapon Din Mohammed Dinu from BAU.
Urban populations are growing rapidly in Bangladesh and the major cities are expanding through different economic activities specially the establishment of manufacturing industries – which are termed as “peri-urban”. Economic development has increased women’s participation in the labour force. But at the same time, the burden of domestic responsibility also mostly remains on their shoulder, which is affecting child care and nutrition. Child health is a common factor among urban population. In the urban areas, it is an issue of how children are fed and the care the children receive. More and more children in Bangladesh are taken care-of by caregivers, sometimes adult relatives due to mothers’ involvement in the productive sector.
The speech was mentioned in a interim result presentation workshop on Food and Nutrition Security (FNS) research by Professor Sadika Haque from Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU) held on November 25 organized by The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU) of the Ministry of Food, Government of Bangladesh partnering with Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP).
The research is being jointly implemented by the Meeting the Under nutrition Challenge (MUCH) project with the financial support of the European Union (EU) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with other food security and nutrition (FSN) relevant ministries.
In the inaugural session, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Food, Khaja Abdul Hannan was present as the Chief Guest, Hans Lambrect, Delegation of the European Union;Robert D Simpson, FAO Representative; Dr CherdsakVirapat, Director General, CIRDAP were present as the special guests. The technical sessions were chaired by Naoki Minamiguchi, Chief Technical Adviser, MUCH, FAO. Besides, Professor Dr. Lutful Hassan, Vice-Chancellor, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh; Dr Lalita Bhattacharjee, Senior Nutrition Advisor, FAO MUCH; Ms. Saiqia Shiraz, Country Director, Professor Sadika Haque from Bangladesh Agricultural University, Nutrition International participated in the programme where more than 100 participants were present from different national and international organizations including BAU, USAID, UNDP, IRRI, UNICEF, World Fish were present there. Among the team members, more than 25 participants attended including Prof. Abu Torab Rahim from Dhaka University, Prof. Dr. Kamruzzaman, Dr. NahidSattar, Dr. Md. Nazmul Hoque Shapon Din Mohammed Dinu from BAU.
