Achieving Sustainable

Food security in Bangladesh Perspective

from Organic Farming

Nature, Extent and Trends of Food Production in Bangladesh

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.

Share of Agriculture Sub-Sector to GDP

13%

3%

5% 2%

77%

Crop

Fisheries

Forsetry

Livestock

Others

Food Security : A Conceptual Framework

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

Green Revolution and its Consequences

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

Year Proportion of net sown

area under irrigation

Rice Wheat Proportion area under

HYV

Total chemical

fertilizer use (m. ton)

Rice Yield

(lb per acre)

69-70 3.8 2.76 0.28 1003

90-91 35.5 44.1 2.04 1544

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

Grassroots Practices to Secure Food Sovereignty

Promotion of RegenerativeAgriculture

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