COVID-19 and Bangladesh: A Review of Food Security Status and Impact on Society

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic is already affecting food systems directly through impacts on food supply and demand, and indirectly through decreases in purchasing power, the capacity to produce and distribute food grains which will strongly affect the poor and vulnerable portion of Bangladesh. Agricultural economists are concerned about the current and imminent implications of Covid- 19 on food security. The aim is to identify the current situation of food security and its impact on society that could emerge in the coming days. The study is designed on the basis of secondary information. The global survey of the food system shows Bangladesh's overall performance in ensuring food security is good but needs to be improved. The COVID-19 depression creates health risks, psychological risks, earning failure and leading normal life difficult disproportionately in the society. Food supply chain must be continued moving and the accessibility of nutritious food to the poor and vulnerable portion should be ensured through Social Safety Net, Food for Work, VGF, Money move and other social well-being net plans.