This Ramadan, Amari Dhaka will be captivating Gulf of Arabic traditions with modern flair yet again, by offering a number of dining tastes and cuisines at Amaya Food Gallery & Cascade Lounge.
Category: Food & nutrition
UN Food Systems Summit: How Not Respond to Urgency of Reform
At a critical juncture on the road to the UN Food Systems Summit, three UN rights experts warn that it will fail to be a ‘people’s summit’ unless it is urgently rethought.
Chapainawabganj mango growers pin hope on weather
Chapainawabganj, Mar 22: Mango growers in Chapainawabganj are expecting a bumper yield of mango this year, thanks to the favourable weather.
Concerns Mount over Dramatic Deterioration in Yemen Conflict
The United Nations Special Envoy for Yemen has warned that the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, is rapidly deteriorating as Yemenis, including women and children, face hunger, injury and death.
Amari Dhaka announces appointment of new Executive Chef
A tremendous excitement surrounds his joining as he promises to introduce a modern contemporary line of dishes, many of which are a first here in Bangladesh.
A New Food System Based on Agroecology for Rural-Urban Areas
It is vital that indigenous peoples, local communities and peasant farmers, especially women, are properly included in policy development and decision-making on food systems.
Women, girl empowerment crucial to sustainable food security
Hunger and famine will persist and there will be unequal recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic unless more women in rural and urban areas hold leadership positions with increased decision-making power.
‘Drastic’ action needed to reset progress on hunger
Scientific solutions that link interdisciplinary research with local communities are vital to tackling global hunger, amid the perfect storm of climate change and COVID-19.
Nutrition needs joined-up thinking to weather food shocks
Cross-cutting strategies that tie nutrition to wider agricultural, health and social protection systems, the climate agenda and other SDGs are needed to build more resilience against future shocks to food systems.
Wasting food just feeds climate change, new UN report warns
More than 930 million tonnes of food sold in 2019 landed in waste bins, according to new UN research, released on Thursday.
61-day ban on BD delicacy hilsa catching, transport begins
A two-month government ban on catching, selling, hoarding and transporting hilsa began on Sunday midnight with a view to boost its production.
Savour the best of rice cakes at Pitha Utsab
Jatiya Pitha Utsab (National Rice Cake Festival) began on the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA) ground in Dhaka on Tuesday.
How Mango Farmers are Tackling an Invasive Fruit Fly Pest
Every harvest season, Susan Zinoro, a mango farmer from Mutoko, Zimbabwe, buries half the mangoes she’s grown that season.
Seven Food Justice Actions in Honor of World Justice Day
In celebration of the United Nations’ World Day of Social Justice on February 20th, Food Tank is highlighting seven ways you can fight for justice in food and agriculture.
Edible oil prices upped in line with int’l market trend
The National Committee on Daily Essential Commodity Marketing and Distribution has re-fixed the prices of edible oil, said Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi on Wednesday.
Crop Innovation Mitigating Climate Crisis Impact in Africa
African smallholder farmers have no choice but to adapt to climate change: 2020 was the second hottest year on record, while prolonged droughts and explosive floods are directly threatening the livelihoods of millions.
Sustainable farming must for food security, Dr. Salim Uddin
Professor Dr. Md. Salim Uddin, FCA, FCMA, Chairman, Executive Committee of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited and Chairman, Bangladesh House Building Finance Corporation presented a keynote paper at a webinar titled ‘SDG-2 Zero Hunger’ organized by SDG Youth Forum on 24…
Private Equity’s Growing Control Over Agriculture: Ominous
From seven agriculture-focused funds in 2004 to more than 300 today, the interest in capturing profits from farming and agribusiness on a global scale is growing.
Addressing Food, Nutrition Security Challenges of Covid-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has had profound implications for food security and nutrition. A number of overlapping and reinforcing dynamics have emerged such as disruptions to food supply chains; loss of income and livelihoods; a widening of inequality; disruptions to social protection programs; altered food environments; and uneven food prices in localized contexts.
Rice import from India through Hili land port resumes
Hili (Dinajpur), Jan 10 – Trucks carrying 112 metric tonnes of rice from India entered into Bangladesh through the Hili land port on Saturday afternoon.
A Bangladeshi girl’s success in vermicomposting venture
Benapole, Jan 9 — In 2016, she started small – out of the same premises she lives with her family – more of an experiment than a business. Today, Nasrin Sultana, a resident of Jhikorgaccha upazila’s Barbakpur village, is a…
18 Organizations Finding Ways to Recover & Redistribute Food
Danielle Nierenberg Access to affordable, nutritious food has been one of the great challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. As millions of people globally lost jobs, access to school meals, and the ability to shop for food with ease, there has…
‘Hilsa export for even next 5 years not on the cards now’
Dhaka, Jan 6 – The government has no plan to export hilsa now and not even in the next five years.
Food Culture in Spotlight on UNESCO Heritage List
By SWAN PARIS, Dec (IPS) – Cuisine formed a notable portion of the latest inscriptions on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, with hawker food in Singapore and couscous traditions in North Africa being celebrated.
Democratizing an Increasingly Concentrated Food System
Vertical, horizontal, and backward integration of the food system is happening across all sectors in the food system from local to global levels. Just a few companies dominate almost all aspects of food production.
Covid takes heavy toll on Khulna’s seafood exports in 2020
Khulna (Bangladesh), Jan 4 — Export of frozen shrimps from Khulna to Europe declined drastically in 2020 due to a fall in demand in the continent’s key seafood consuming countries in the wake of Covid-19 and the consequent lockdown.
‘Not enough food to buy if Bangladesh’s not self-sufficient’
Dhaka, Jan 4 – Bangladesh needs to be self-reliant in food production as there will not be enough food that money can buy if a crisis or famine breaks out as fallout of Covid-19.
Indian onion reaches Hili port, price starts falling
Hili, Jan 2 – Indian onion started to roll in at Dinajpur’s Hili land port on Saturday after three and half months of the export ban. Trucks carrying onions from India arrived at the port at 3:30 pm, bringing it…
Severe cold threatens Boro paddy seedling output in Kurigram
Kurigram, Jan 1 – A cold snap, disrupting life in the northern part of Bangladesh, will likely damage the Boro seedbeds if the weather does not improve and potentially trigger a seedling crisis.
Govt to procure 0.5mn metric tons of rice to reduce shortage
Dhaka, Dec 27 – Agriculture Minister Dr Abdur Razzaque on Sunday said that aiming to remove the shortage and control prices in the rice markets, the government is going to purchase 5 lakh metric tonnes of rice.