Developing a Safe, Sustainable and Resilient Food System for the Dhaka Metropolitan Area - GCP/BGD/066/NET
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Dhaka is one of the largest megacities in the world and experiences pressing issues around food safety, malnutrition among the urban poor, inadequate functioning of market systems, and food loss and waste. However, there was no policy or strategy that was specifically dedicated to food and nutrition at the city level or at the level of the wider Dhaka Metropolitan Area (DMA). Without the right measures in place, Dhaka could be increasingly confronted with a “triple burden” of overweight and obesity, undernutrition, and micronutrient deficiencies. Rising incomes and changing lifestyles are radically shifting people’s consumption patterns. Meanwhile, inequality and poverty will remain critical issues, requiring innovative policies to ensure that those less fortunate in society are not further burdened with poor nutrition. Against this background, the project aimed to make Dhaka’s food system more inclusive, resilient and sustainable by supporting the Government of Bangladesh to develop a strategic Dhaka Food Agenda 2041 through an action research, evidence-based, and multistakeholder collaborative approach.