The impacts of food price and income shocks on household food security and economic well-being: Evidence from rural Bangladesh

Akter, Sonia; Basher, Syed Abul

doi:10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2014.02.003

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“…Coastal Bangladesh has been impacted by 47 cyclones since 1960 (BBS 2013); cyclone intensity is also expected to increase under climate change (Knutson et al 2010). Such events can result in serious livelihood impacts and intensify food insecurity (Akter and Mallick 2013;Akter and Basher 2014). Efforts to expand maize cultivation are therefore unlikely to be successful without risk mitigation.…”

Section: Study Region and Risk Contextmentioning

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Climate change skepticism and index versus standard crop insurance demand in coastal Bangladesh

2017

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This paper investigates if climate change skepticism, farmers' fatalistic beliefs, and insurance plan design influence interest in crop weather insurance. While studies of the influence of fatalism on disaster preparedness are common, the ways in which fatalism influences climate change skepticism, and in turn affects farmers' interest in crop insurance, have not been previously investigated. An additional objective was to understand farmers' preferences for index versus standard insurance options, the former entailing damage compensation based on post-hazard assessment, the latter tying damage compensation to a set of weather parameter thresholds. A discrete choice experiment was conducted with maize farmers on a climate-risk prone island in coastal Bangladesh. Most farmers were insurance averse. Those who chose insurance were however significantly more likely to select standard as opposed to index-based insurance. Insurance demand was significantly and positively correlated with farmers' concern about the adverse livelihood impacts of climate change. Farmers who exhibited fatalistic views regarding the consequences of climate change were significantly less likely to opt for insurance of either kind. These findings imply that the prospect for farmers' investment in insurance is conditioned by their understanding of climate change risks and the utility of adaptation, in addition to insurance scheme design.

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“…The studies relevant to some context in terms of research methodology and findings have been conducted in the recent past are: Akter et al (2014) investigated household's food security status of selfassessed through a module and found that 45% of the households interviewed experienced food shortages at least once during the three preceding years of the survey; Begum et al (2013) investigated the present status and trend of food security in Bangladesh which indicates that Bangladesh is not currently food secure in the sense of share of the total energy coming from protein and fat; Mannaf (2012) conducted a research on maize production and its impact on food security in selected areas of Bogra district and pointed out that four variables (i.e., age of household head, household size, agricultural income and food expenditure) have significant influence on household's food security condition; and Akhter (2009) assessed the factors affecting the pond fish farming and observed that most of the included variables had significant impact on pond fish production. Most of the studies dealt with cost, return, profitability and productivity of pond fish farming at the farmer's own managed and determine the factors affecting food insecurity, self sufficiency in food production in Bangladesh.…”

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Food security assessment of NGO supported and own managed pond fish farmers of two districts in Bangladesh

Akhi

Uddin

Islam

2016

J Bangladesh Agric Univ

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The study was conducted to assess the food security status of pond fish farming under NGO supported and own managed and to evaluate the influential factors of NGOs' intervention on pond fish farmers' food security in two districts of Bangladesh. Random sampling technique was used to select farmers from two groups of pond fish farming: one is NGO supported and another is own managed farmers. A total of 120 farmers (60 for NGO supported and 60 for own managed) were selected for data collection. To identify the factors influencing the food security status of fish farming households, a food security index (Z) was constructed and food security status of each household was determined based on the food security line using the recommended daily calorie intake approach. Logit model was used to estimate the food security status of households as a function of a set of independent determinants. Based on the recommended daily calorie intake of 2122 kcal, it is observed that 95 percent of the households were food secure and 5 percent households were food insecure in case of NGO supported fish farmers. On the other hand, 30 percent of the households were food secure and 70 percent households were food insecure in case of own managed fish farmers. The result of logit model shows that six out of eight variables included in the model were significant in explaining the variation in food security status. These variables were: age of the household head, education level of the household head, farm size, intervention on fish farming, income from fish and non-farm income. The study, therefore, recommended improved access to technical supports of pond fish farming households is necessary to ensure food security status at the national level.

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“…As Chapter 4 points out, the resultant focus on enhancing production efficiency, specialisation and trade in agricultural commodities exposes vulnerable groups to the volatility of international commodity prices, and reduces their ability to access more localised food sources, over which they often have greater control. The food price spikes in 2008-09 demonstrated how the impacts of this volatility are felt, especially in those parts of the world that are least able to withstand such shocks, and contribute to undermining access to food for the poorest groups (Akter and Basher, 2014;Berazneva and Lee, 2013). As climate uncertainty adds to the potential volatility of global agricultural and commodity markets, developing more resilient production systems across the agriculturalforestry landscape is essential for ensuring food security and nutrition to the most vulnerable populations.…”

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“…Recent spikes in key agricultural food commodity prices in 2008-09 and 2010-11 affected the livelihoods and food security of millions of people (Akter and Basher, 2014;Brown et al, 2009;FAO, 2008) and led to riots (Berazneva and Lee, 2013). Studies indicate that country and regional agricultural food prices behave differently from international food prices (Brown et al, 2012;Minot, 2014) due to low integration of local and regional markets into international markets.…”

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1. Forests, Trees and Landscapes for Food Security and Nutrition

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Forests and Food: Addressing Hunger and Nutrition Across Sustainable Landscapes

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PrefaceConnecting the dots W ith the establishment of the Global Forest Expert Panels (GFEP) initiative in the year 2007, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) created an international mechanism which effectively links scientific knowledge with political decision-making on forests. The GFEP responds directly to key forest-related policy questions by consolidating available scientific knowledge and expertise on these questions at a global level. It provides decision-makers with the most relevant, objective and accurate information, and thus makes an essential contribution to international forest governance.This report entitled "Forests, Trees and Landscapes for Food Security and Nutrition" presents the results of the fourth global scientific assessment undertaken so far in the framework of GFEP. Previous assessments addressed the adaptation of forests and people to climate change; international forest governance; and the relationship between biodiversity, carbon, forests and people. All assessment reports were prepared by internationally recognised scientists from a variety of biophysical and social science disciplines. They have all been presented to decision-makers across relevant international policy fora. In this way, GFEP supports a more coherent policy dialogue about the role of forests in addressing broader environmental, social and economic challenges.The current report reflects the importance of policy coherence and integration more than any previous GFEP assessment. It comes at a time when the United Nations General Assembly seeks to adopt a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which build upon the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and converge with the post-2015 development agenda. In this context, the eradication of hunger, realisation of food security and the improvement of nutrition are of particular relevance. By 2050, the international community will face the challenge of providing 9 billion people with food, shelter and energy. Despite impressive productivity increases, there is growing evidence that conventional agricultural strategies will fall short of eliminating global hunger and malnutrition. The assessment report in hand provides comprehensive scientific evidence on how forests, trees and landscapes can be -and must be -an integral part of the solution to this global problem. In other words, we must connect the dots and see the bigger picture.The review of the International Arrangement on Forests by the member states of the United Nations Forum on Forests provides a unique opportunity to integrate forests into the SDGs in a holistic manner and to promote synergies in the implementation of the post-2015 development agenda across multiple levels of governance. It is my hope that those with a responsibility for forests, food security and nutrition at all levels will find this report, and its accompanying policy brief, a useful source of information and inspiration.

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The impacts of food price and income shocks on household food security and economic well-being: Evidence from rural Bangladesh

Cited by 86 publications

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Climate change skepticism and index versus standard crop insurance demand in coastal Bangladesh

Climate change skepticism and index versus standard crop insurance demand in coastal Bangladesh

Food security assessment of NGO supported and own managed pond fish farmers of two districts in Bangladesh

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