Global Workshop on Nutrition-sensitive Fish Agri-food Systems 5-8 December 2017, Siem Reap, Cambodia

1. Mostafa Faruq Al Banna
Associate Research Director, FPMU
Ministryof Food, Bangladesh
Global workshop on “Nutrition-sensitive fish agri-food systems”
oraganized by WorldFish
5-8 December 2017, Siem Reap, Cambodia
National level policy
development: from agricultural
production to nutrition-sensitive
food systems

2. OUTLINE
• Present Food securityand Nutrition Situation
• Production and consumption scenario of fish
• Food Policy: Production tocomprehensive approach
• Country Investment plan: shift to nutrition sensitive
food system
• Importanceof fisheries in CIP2
• Conclusion

3. Present Situation of Food Security
• Remarkable progress in rice production. Productionof rice
has increased by 3 times since 1971,
• Availabilityof non-rice foods like fruits, fisheries and
livestock products has also been increased; production of
vegetables production has increased by 5 times
• Poverty rate has declined from 31.5% in 2010 to 24.3% in
2016 (HIES 2016)
• Bangladesh has achieved tremendous success in food
availability and access to food. However, it requires to
address to improve ‘utilization nu

4. Nutrition Situation in Bangladesh
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
Stunting Wasting
2004 2014
Underweight
51
15
43
36
14
33
Progress of Nutritional Status of Under 5
children
•There is agood
progress in stunting
orchronic
malnutrition of
under 5 children,
•Wasting and
underweight has
also decreased
•Nutritional status
needs to be
improved
Source: Bangladesh
Demographic Health
Survey 2

5. Micronutrient deficiency situation
(National Micronutrient Survey 2011-12)
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Vit-A def. (%) Anemia(%) Iron def. (%) Iodine def.(%) c def.(%
5.4
26
7.1
42.1
57.3
20.5
33.1
10.7
40
44.6
Women (NPNL)
Pre-school children

6. Fish and human nutrition
• Highly nutritious, tasty and easilydigestible
• Sourceof protein and micronutrients
• Rich in bioavailable calcium
• Rich invitamin A, vitamin B Complex, iron, zinc
• Marine fish is agood source of iodineand omega-3 fattyacids
• Addition of oil, vegetables and spices in fish preparation improves
dietary diversityand nutritional quality

7. Nutrientcontent in some Bangladeshi common fishes (%)
(Source: Food Composition Table for Bangladesh 2013, INFS & CARS,DU,MoFood/FAO/EU/USAID)
Fish name in Bengali
(English name)
Energy
(Kcal)
Protein
(gm)
Fat
(gm)
Calcium
(mg)
Iron
(mg)
Phosphorus
(mg)
Zinc
(mg)
Ilish without bones
(Hilsha)
223 18.0 16.8 86 1.3 195 0.54
Sorputi(Barb, olive) 175 17.4 11.7 227 0.6 151 0.74
Mola-eyes included
(Mola carplet)
108 17.1 4.4 767 3.8 440 3.19
Chapila
(Indian river shad)
106 15.4 4.9 1060 4.8 560 1.97
Tengra (Day’s mystus)-eyes included,
combined species
114 18.2 4.6 627 2.8 348 0.77
Tatkini (Stone roller) 97 15.3 3.9 195 2.2 124 1.09
Tilapia (Tilapia without bones) 110 20.8 3.0 19 0.5 350 1.40
Rui (Ruhi from river) 90 16.6 2.7 650 0.5 133 1.01
Shing, without bones (stringing
catfish)
101 17.2 3.5 319 2.1 304 0.55
Pangas, without bones 162 15.9 11.0 14 0.1 130 1.85

8. 4.5
4
3.5
3
2.5
2
1.5
1
0.5
0
2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14
Production (m MT)
2014-15 2015-16 2016-17
Trends of Fish production in Bangladesh
4.05
3.88
3.68
3.55
3.41
3.26
3.06
2.9

9. 24
23.6
24.5
25
25.8
26.71
28
27.64
23
22
21
25
26
27
2011-12 2012-13 12013-14 2014-15
GDP
2015-16 2016-17
cluding forstry)
GDP from fisherysectoras % of
Agriculture GDP (excluding forestry)
GDP from fishery sector as % of Agric

10. 70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
1991-92 1995-96 2000 2005
Consumption (gm/capita/d
2010 2016
Trends of Fish consumption in Bangladesh
62.6
49.5
43.8
42.1
38.5
34.5

11. Food Policy: Production to comprehensive
approach
• Bangladesh has given emphasis on agricultural production
and availability toaddress food insecurityand hungersince
its independence.
• Thegoal of the first national food policy, which was adopted
in 1988, was toachieve food security by increasing food
production and attaining self-sufficiency
• National Food Policy 2006 was developed in a broader
perspectiveaccording to thecomprehensivedefinition of
food securityas adopted in the World Food Summit 1996

12. Bangladesh has been an early adopter of the comprehensive approach to food security and nutrition through the
formulation of the National Food Policy (2006) and its Plan of Action (2008)
To reduce undernourishment, stunting and underweight, food should be available, accessible and
complemented by nutrition interventions
The framework for food securityand nutrition interventions: the National Food Policy
and its Plan of Action
The National Food Policy Plan of Action consisting of 26 areas of
intervention and 314 actions provides a comprehensive long-term
(2008-2015) framework for:
- Coordinating government interventions
- Aligning development support to national prioritiesin line with the
Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness
- Regularly monitoring progress toward foo securi in lin with
MD
Availability Access Nutrition

13. Responding to L’Aquila Food Security Initiative (2009) and
in linewith the 5 Principles agreed in the World Food
Summit held in Rome (2009)
CIP approved in 2010 and revised in 2011, based on
extensiveconsultations:
•Coherentsetof 12 strategicpriority investment
programmes allowing tocoordinate Governmentand
Developmentpartners (DPs) interventions
•Aligned with MDG-1, NFP PoA, and the Sixth Five
Year Plan
• Focused on investments included in the Annual
Development Budget
The framework for FSN interventions:
The First Country Investment Plan

14. First CIP: 12 Programs
COMPONENT PROGRAMME
Food Availability 1. Sustainable and diversified agriculture through integrated research and extension
2. Improved water resource management and infrastructure for irrigation purposes
3. Improved quality of input and soil fertility
4. Fisheries and aquaculture development
5. Livestock development, with a focus on poultry and dairy production
Food Access 6. Improved access to markets, value-addition in agriculture and to non farm incomes
7. Strengthened capacities for implementation and monitoring of NFP and CIP actions
8. Enhanced public food management systems
9. Institutional development and capacity development for more effective safety nets
Food Utilization 10. Community based nutrition programs and services
11. Orient food and nutrition programs through data
12. Food safety and quality improvement

15. CIP2: Shift to nutrition sensitive food system to
overcomechallenges in food and agro-processing
• Existing food systems are too focused on food quantityand not enough on
quality.
• 30 to 35 % of fruits and vegetables wasted due to lack of processing and
preservation facilities
• Low level consumption of fruits and vegetables linked to inefficiencies in
value chains, increasing retail prices compared with farm gate prices, and
making prices morevolatile compared with rice price
 Fish and poultry value chain is being improved by improving processing,
storage and transport system – e.g. considerable amount of value is added to
fish (products) through cleaning, sorting, icing, packaging, transportation
and storage.
•

16. Developmentstrategiesand prioritiesaddressed
in CIP2 for food and agro-processing
1. Improving market infrastructure and access
2. Promoting agro-processing and value addition
3. Developing cool chain storage and transport facilities
4. Promoting supply of safe and nutritious food
5. Minimizing food losses and waste
6. Technological innovations, including ICT, at all stages of food value
chains

17. Five Areasof Investment undersecond CIP
I. Diversified and sustainableagriculture, fisheriesand
livestock for healthydiets
II. Efficientand nutrition-sensitive post-harvest
transformation, value addition and supply
III. Improved dietarydiversity, consumption and utilization
IV. Enhanced access to social protection and safety nets and
increased resilience
V. Strengthened enabling environmentand -cut

18. Investment Areas Investment Programmes
1.Diversified and
sustainable agriculture,
fisheries and livestock for
healthy diets
i) Sustainable intensification and diversification of crop-based
production systems
ii) Improved access, quality and management of crop agricultural
inputs, including water and land
iii) Enhanced productivity and sustainable production of animal source
foods (fisheries and livestock)
2.Efficient and nutrition-
sensitive post-harvest
transformation and value
addition
iv) Strengthened post-harvest value chain with particular focus on
MSMEs (storage, processing, branding, labelling, marketing and trade)
v) Improved access to markets, facilities and information
3.Improved dietary
diversity, consumption
and utilization
vi) Enhanced nutrition knowledge, promotion of good practices,
and consumption of safe and nutritious diets
vii) Optimised food utilization through provision of safe water,
improved food hygiene and sanitation

19. Investment Areas Investment Programmes
4. Enhanced access
to social protection
and safety nets and
increased resilience
viii) Timely and effective disaster responses through emergency
food distribution, agriculture rehabilitation and mitigation
measures
ix) Strengthened cash and food based programmes for targeted
groups across the life cycle including disabled and displaced
populations
5. Strengthened
enabling
environment and
cross-cutting
programmes for
achieving food and
nutrition security
x) Improved food safety, quality control and assurance, awareness on
food safety and hygiene
xi) Reduced food losses and waste
xii) Improved information and data for evidence-based monitoring
and adjustment of policies and programmes
xiii) Strengthened FSN governance, capacity strengthening and
leadership across FSN relevant stakeholders

20. Priority interventions (sub-programmes)
under fisheries in the CIP2
• Improve managementof inland capture and culture
fisheries to increase productivity and nutritional value
whileensuring sustainability;
• Sustain micronutrient-rich fish production and
aquaculture through conserving fisheries' biodiversity;
and
• Strengthen sustainable shrimpaquaculture, marine
fisheriesand farming systems adapted to geographical
zones.

21. Investment on Fisheries (provisional)
Interventions CIP budget
(m US$)
Existing(
m US$)
Gap
(m
US$)
Improve management of inland capture and
culture fisheries to increase productivity and
nutritional value while ensuring sustainability
143.6 GoB-63.3;
DP-17.1
63.2
Sustain micronutrient-rich fish production and
aquaculture through conserving fisheries'
biodiversity; and
108.6 GoB-74.6;
DP-0
34.0
Strengthen sustainable shrimp aquaculture,
marine fisheries and farming systems adapted
to geographical zones.
245.3 GoB-11.5;
DP-9.6
224.2
Total(5.39% of Total CIP budget 9.2b us$) 497.5 176.1 321.4

22. Conclusion
• To ensure food securityand nutrition in Bangladesh, sustainable food
system approach need to be incorporated in the policy, programmes and
projects with strong monitoring framework
• Proper implementationof the CIP2 could help Bangladesh achieve SDG
goals as theapproach has moved from agricultural production to nutrition
sensitive food systems for betterdietsand health
• Collaboration between the Ministryof Agricultureand Ministryof Fisheries
and Livestock is essential
• An enabling policyenvironment and policy is needed forthe promotion of
public-private partnershipsand enhanced participationof privatesector
entrepreneurs
• Access to rights over land and water bodies is essential for the most
vulnerable population

23. Thank You
All