Bangladesh - Fase 2
Discussion topic outcome
•Availability of diversified, safe and nutritious Food: Outcomes: Challenges: Water logging, Salinity, Crop land decreasing, Indiscriminate use of pesticides, Natural disasters, Poor marketing facilities/ supply chain system, Lack of capital for farm operation, Insufficient quality seed supply, Poor irrigation facility, Less/ no veterinarian/ skilled human resource, Lack of feed and fodder as Satkhira is a disaster-prone area, Inadequate lab facility, Lack of sufficient training, Lack of waste management system, Lack of awareness among people. Way Forward: Re-excavation of canal river and wa
... Leer máster bodies in a planned way; Saline tolerant variety cultivation; Land zoning (proper implementation of land use), Possible best use of pesticide (environment friendly pest management; Embankment management; Organized supply chain; Shortening the supply chain timing will be helpful here; Low interest and hassle-free credit facilities, Demand forecasting and timely supply of seeds; Appointment of sufficient veterinary officials in field level, Laboratory setup at regional level; Waste recycling and management; Sufficient water supply, Good quality seed and feed; Establishment of disease control lab; Short supply chain. • Transformation, delivery, access and role of private sector: Challenges: Excessive degree of milling in rice mills; Mixing unsafe ingredients in shrimp; Collecting shrimp spawn is expensive (distance and location); Challenges in mango preservation and processing; Challenges in vegetable preservation. Way forward: Prevention of rice over milling and increase awareness on this; Awareness increase, monitoring and law enforcement to solve shrimp problems/ challenges in export-import cycle and how the farmers and middle man deal with the entire process of product marketing; Necessary measure for mango preservation; Necessary measure such as cold storage and drying etc. need to be taken to preserve vegetables; Establishment of direct communication and networking foreign investors. • Consumer behaviors, nutrition and food safety: Challenges: Lack of awareness in taking nutritious food; Lack of affordability in taking nutritious food due to poverty; Challenge in ensuring safe food in production and marketing level; Lack of positivity and awareness regarding safe food; Gap in proper implementation of safe food act; Health problems caused from unhealthy and junk food consumption. Way forward: Aware people for nutritious food consumption; To take initiative to increase people’s purchasing capability; Initiate campaign to enlighten people at farmers, seller and consumer’s level; Mass campaign, meeting, symposium and courtyard session regarding food safety; Ensure active role of local administration, legal aid organizations and relevant committees for proper implementation of safe food act; Disseminate correct message regarding excessive nutrition and lack of nutrition. • Climate vulnerability, inclusion and governance: Increased health hazards, especially for women; Destruction of natural resources due to non-diversified livelihood; Destruction of aquatic and terrestrial biodiversity. -Destruction of cultivation land due to dry season, repeated natural disaster, salinity, water level rise etc; Extinction of sweet water fish species; Excessive use of saline water accelerate aging process; Degradation of soil quality; Degraded law and order situation; Tidal surge creates permanent water logging; Cyclone destroys critical infrastructure and livelihoods; Jeopardize the bio diversity of sundarban; It will lead to the rise of sea level which will ultimately result in sub-merging most of this area under the water; Poor condition of the forest reservation; During and after Cyclones Sidr and Aila, a lot of people have become homeless; A big portion of this homeless people have migrated to other places outside this area for livelihood purpose; Due to migration, hazards like occupational hazards, health hazards, absence of good governance. Way Forward: Building dams and sluice gates; Applying alternative cultivation system; Strengthening evacuation process; Steps to be taken to get the proper share of Ganga’s water. Leer menos
Línea(s) de Acción: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Palabras clave: Data & Evidence, Environment and Climate, Finance, Governance, Human rights, Policy, Women & Youth Empowerment