As per Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Bangladesh by the year 2015 has to 1) eradicate hunger, chronic food insecurity, and extreme destitution; 2) reduce poverty by 50%; 3) attain universal primary education for all of primary school age children; 4) eliminate gender disparity in primary and secondary school education; 5) reduce infant and under five mortality rates by 65% and eliminate gender disparity in child mortality; 6) reduce the proportion of malnourished under five children by 50% and eliminate gender disparity in child malnutrition; 7) reduce maternal mortality rate by 50%; 8) ensure access to reproductive health services to all; 9) reduce substantially, if not totally, social violence against women and children and finally 10) ensure disaster management and prevent environmental degradation for overcoming the persistence of deprivation. (Source: Halder; 2010)
MDG recognizes the close link between income poverty and food access, which is important to retain at a time when food insecurity and under‐nutrition are primarily problems of access. Poor nutritional outcomes are also related to inadequate health, poor sanitation, and many other factors. In this Research, we focused on the food security, in addition the condition of health, nutrition status and gender dimension and role of policy.
MDG recognizes the close link between income poverty and food access, which is important to retain at a time when food insecurity and under‐nutrition are primarily problems of access. Poor nutritional outcomes are also related to inadequate health, poor sanitation, and many other factors. In this Research, we focused on the food security, in addition the condition of health, nutrition status and gender dimension and role of policy.