Rural Bangladesh saw 22% increase in food insecurity during pandemic: IFPRI (The Daily Star)

The Daily Star (Bangladesh) reported on a study by IFPRI that found around 22.3 percent more rural Bangladeshi households reported food insecurity — 18 months after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic than pre-pandemic times. In the pre-pandemic period, 54.3 percent of rural households — surveyed in the study sample — were fully food-secure, whereas, during September-October of 2021, that percentage stood at 32.