Browsing: security

As the drought continues to wreak havoc with this year’s grain harvest across Europe, the continent faces a potential food crisis. As Tom Tugendhat wrote on these pages on Monday, the impact of the Ukraine-Russia war on two of the world’s largest producers is worsening. 

From a food-deficit country after independence, Bangladesh is now one of the world’s leading producers of rice, vegetables, fish and fruits. However, ensuring food availability alone does not establish true food security. The biggest challenge today is to make food security nutrition-sensitive, so that every person can consume food rich in sufficient calories as well…