Experts identify a number of reasons for the growing food insecurity. The economic slowdown caused by the Covid outbreak and soaring food prices have affected people’s purchasing power and food consumption. In 2020, a research of the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development said that about 40 per cent of the poor and 35 per cent of vulnerable, non-poor households have cut down on household budget for food as a survival strategy.
Experts identify a number of reasons for the growing food insecurity. The economic slowdown caused by the Covid outbreak and soaring food prices have affected people’s purchasing power and food consumption. In 2020, a research of the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development said that about 40 per cent of the poor and 35 per cent of vulnerable, non-poor households have cut down on household budget for food as a survival strategy.
