History of public food interventions in Bangladesh
Since the 1940s, the Ministry of Food and its predecessor agencies have been the single largest purchaser, importer, stockholder, and distributor of foodgrains in Bangladesh. During World War II the government in British India laid the foundation for large-scale public marketing by arrogating large...
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| description | Since the 1940s, the Ministry of Food and its predecessor agencies have been the single largest purchaser, importer, stockholder, and distributor of foodgrains in Bangladesh. During World War II the government in British India laid the foundation for large-scale public marketing by arrogating large powers for itself: monopolies on foodgrain imports and tight control of procurement, movement, stockholding, and distribution. At the same time it adopted legislation severely restricting foodgrain movement and stockholding by private traders. This chapter outlines the evolving administrative structure, scope, and objectives of this direct buying and selling by public agents. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1559852025-04-08T18:26:59Z History of public food interventions in Bangladesh Haggblade, Steven famine food crops food policies agricultural policies poverty trade food industry Since the 1940s, the Ministry of Food and its predecessor agencies have been the single largest purchaser, importer, stockholder, and distributor of foodgrains in Bangladesh. During World War II the government in British India laid the foundation for large-scale public marketing by arrogating large powers for itself: monopolies on foodgrain imports and tight control of procurement, movement, stockholding, and distribution. At the same time it adopted legislation severely restricting foodgrain movement and stockholding by private traders. This chapter outlines the evolving administrative structure, scope, and objectives of this direct buying and selling by public agents. 2000 2024-10-24T12:42:56Z 2024-10-24T12:42:56Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155985 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Haggblade, Steven. 2000. History of public food interventions in Bangladesh. In Out of the shadow of famine: evolving food markets and food policy in Bangladesh. Ahmed, Raisuddin; Haggblade, Steven; Chowdhury, Tawfiq-e-Elahi (Eds.). Chapter 6. Pp. 121-136. Baltimore, MD: Published for the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) by Johns Hopkins University Press. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155985 |
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