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A series of recent events have stimulated broader interest in food security and food systems. About 850 million people in the world are undernourished, particularly in the developing countries. In spite of making considerable progress in food sufficiency, however, food security is a major concern in Bangladesh, as being over populated and disaster prone country. Although, food security is mostly affected by extreme climatic events, making resource-poor farmers/fishers/herders even more vulnerable to disasters and impacts of climate change. Half of all rural children are reported as chronically malnourished and 14 % suffer from acute malnutrition. Therefore, the main focus of this chapter is to highlight a brief overview of food security, climate change impacts on it and necessitate the integration of risk reduction into the ongoing activities carried out through national to local level in Bangladesh context.
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Habiba, U., Abedin, M.A., Shaw, R. (2015). Introduction and Overview of Food Security and Risk Reduction Issues. In: Habiba, U., Hassan, A., Abedin, M., Shaw, R. (eds) Food Security and Risk Reduction in Bangladesh. Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55411-0_1
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