Speakers at a symposium yesterday identified unequal distribution of food as a threat to food security rather than growing population.
Dr Ahmed AN Neaz, assistant professor of American International University of Bangladesh, presented the keynote paper at the programme.
He said 11.5 million tones of food were produced in 1975, and food production tripled to 31.6 million tones in 2009-10 when the country's population doubled. Still food security could not be ensured, he said, quoting a report of the United Nations.
The symposium "Population growth and the challenge of food security" was organised by United Nations Association of Bangladesh (UNAB) in the city's Bilia auditorium.
UNAB President Prof Muzaffer Ahmed and Secretary General Syed Mohammad Shahed addressed it among others.
Source : The Daily Star
