Food Security and Household Coping Strategies During Disasters in Bangladesh
Journal Title: International Journal of Natural Disasters & Health Security (IJNHS) - Year 2017, Vol 4, Issue 1
Abstract
Bangladesh is currently ranked as one of the world's most disaster prone countries. Approximately ninety seven percent of the total land area and all inhabitants are at risk of multiple hazards including tropical cyclones, earthquakes, floods, droughts, riverbank and coastal erosion. Food security is a challenge when a disaster heavily affects an area. The main aim of this research is to analyse how households themselves attempted to cope for food during major disaster events in Bangladesh. To achieve the objectives of this research, data on disasters and coping strategies for food were collected from the Government of Bangladesh and NGO's publications, local histories, journal articles in the peer reviewed literature, books, newspapers, magazines, annual reports and online hazard databases. The findings suggest that affected household undertook several food coping strategies through their available resources and traditional social networks following disaster events. It was noted that coping strategies depend on types, severity and time of disaster and socio-demographic characteristics of the affected households. Generally the poor, agricultural and fishing communities whose livelihood depends are located in hazardous locations are found to adopt least preferable coping strategies for food during and following disaster occurrence. Household resilient for food security could be improved through providing access to food for all class of people and undertaking preparedness and increasing household level capacity building programme.
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Dr. Edris Alam
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