Gaibanda /Rangpur Stakeholder Dialogues
Urgent actions
Homestead gardening, rearing hens and ducks, and cultivating pond fish are effective ways to reduce malnutrition. Raising awareness about these practices is essential. Mothers and caregivers should be educated about proper nutrition. Local governments need to increase budgets for food security through food allowances and social safety net programmes. Activities like homestead gardening, livestock rearing, fisheries, entrepreneurship, and awareness sessions can address hunger and reduce discrimination. Training in small businesses such as tailoring, grocery shops, tea stalls, and handicraft pro... Lire plusduction can also improve livelihoods. Mass awareness campaigns through seminars, discussions, and campaigns in mosques, churches, and temples can help spread the message. Promoting the use of vermicompost, iodised salt, eating meals together as a family, and preparing weekly food plans can improve nutrition. The livestock and fisheries departments require increased budgets and improved monitoring. Subsidies or special allowances for marginalized farmers and extremely poor people should also be provided. Additionally, budgets for pregnancy and maternity allowances need to be expanded, and a midday meal programme at the primary school level should be introduced. Awareness about safe and nutritious food should be raised through campaigns, learning sessions, meetings, gatherings, and workshops targeting both poor and wealthy families, as many remain unaware of these issues. Civil society organizations, child forums, youth groups, health service providers, teachers, Union Parishad members, faith leaders, and adolescent clubs play key roles. These groups can educate people about the importance of safe and nutritious food. The government, especially the agriculture and health sectors, along with NGOs such as World Vision, BRAC, Friendship, and SKS, can provide essential support. Women Affairs Officers, agricultural offices, fisheries departments, livelihood teams, and others. Lire moins