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URBANIZATION AND ITS
EFFECT ON FOOD
SECURITY
Mahmud Shuvo
MBBS(AFMC)
shuvo.afmc@gmail.com
URBANIZATION
Hrishiraj Sarma | 13MUP03 | 2nd Sem | BCHS | 2014
3
TO ACQUAINTE WITH
URBANIZATION AND ITS EFFECT
ON FOOD SECURITY
AIM:
SCOPE :
a. What is urbanization ?
b. What is food security ?
c. Causes and Effects on food security
d. Urbanization in Bangladesh
e. Recommendation
f. Conclusion
INTRODUCTION :
The word Urbanization refers to shift of population
from rural to urban areas.
The gradual increase in the proportion of people
living in urban areas and the ways in which each
society adapts to the change. It predominantly results
in the physical growth of urban areas, be it horizontal
or vertical.
CONT…...
Food security “exists when all people at all
times have both physical and economic
access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food
that meets their dietary needs for an active
and healthy life.”
Food security and urbanization are closely
related to each other. It has become a great
challenge to ensure food security in the era
of urbanization.
DESCRIPTION :
• Scenerio of Urbanization
* People moving form rural settlement to a city
or to a densely populated area calls urbanization.
People move to cities for various reasons, city
provides different services available in the cities.
Job, education, health care, transportation,
entertainment etc are the pull for urbanization.
Causes of Urban Growth
Better food supply
Good medical care
Education
Jobs
Specialization of professions
Entertainment
Bangladesh is an integral part of the urban
transformation that the world is witness to, and is
gradually making the shift from ‘rural’ to ‘urban’. Though
the level of urbanization is still rather low, only 28.4
percent, it however already had a very large population
42.7 million in 2011, living in the countries nearly 570
urban centres.
Projected Rural and Urban Population: Bangladesh: 2011-2051
Source: Bangladesh Census, and estimations
Table 1: Trends of Urbanization in Bangladesh (1901-
2011)
The consequences of urbanization for a country is
not a given. Both the experience of Bangladesh as
well as the general global experience is that
urbanization is an inevitable feature of the
development process. However, beyond this very
general trend, urbanization holds both promise
and problems for a country and which feature will
come to dominate will very much depend on the
nature and efficacy of policy engagement with the
urban agenda.
There are many reasons why people are flocking
to the urban centres. Most important attraction is
economic: 71% of the reasons cited by Dhaka and
Chittagong residents are for employment, 21% for
business purposes. Similar percentages also apply
in the case of the secondary towns.
But not all of the reasons are narrowly economic.
23.3% cite children’s education as an important
reason for migrating to the two metropolitan
centres. Student migrants percentages are also an
emerging reality: 15.3% of Dhaka and Chittagong
residents are student migrants.
IMPACTS OF URBANIZATION
These problems are very complex and their
interactions are hard to define. It is very important
to examine problems trough the social-economic-
cultural system. Even the interconnections
between urbanization and food security are now
better known, we still lack exact information on
how the issues are linked, on what degree they
interact and what are the most effective measures.
One problem is to integrate land- and water use
planning to provide food and water security
(UNEP 1999).
Probably most of the major environmental problems
of the next century will result from the continuation
and sharpening of existing problems that currently
do not receive enough political attention. The
problems are not necessarily noticed in many
countries or then nothing is done even the situation
has been detected. The most emerging issues are
climate changes, freshwater scarcity, food security,
and fresh water pollution and population growth.
Demerits of Urbanization in Bangladesh
Some of the disadvantages of urbanization are:
1. Increase of population
2. Movement of people from rural to urban areas
3. Increase of Industries and factories
4. Increase in pollution in the environment
5. Farmers losing their farms
6. Cutting down forests
8. Distraction in the
eco-system
The Urbanization of Bangladesh is increasing
rapidly, which should be considered as a
good thing! NO…..
7. Global warming
As we can see from the graph in the left side,
urbanization is of Bangladesh increasing rapidly. But it
is also clear that with the increase of urbanization
population of our country is also increasing! And with
the raise of population the need for food, clothes and
shelter are also rising…With the increase of basic
needs, people are looking for better jobs and moving
towards the cities, thus making the cities over
crowded and densely populated.
All those are related and are discussed as follows:
With
urbanization
industries and
factories are
also
increasing,
which is again
followed by
air, water, soil
and sound
pollutions.
We are losing the beauty of our
country as well as the greenery.
Which is due to cutting down
forests and trees to fulfill the
demand of rising population
and for the industries. As such
farmers are losing their farms
and jobs due to pollution
created by those factories and
also because they want to move
in to the cities for better paid
jobs. Which might lead us to a
worse situation…
With Urbanization global
warming is increasing.
For which we can say, its
not only effecting human
beings but also all the
living creatures in the
world. Due to
deforestation animals are
losing their homes and
thus some of those r on
their way to extinct.
Present Condition of Urbanization in
Bangladesh
Due to population growth
cities are becoming
impossible to live in near
future .
As population increases
pollution increases
With
urbanization
industries and
factories are also
increasing, which
is again followed
by air, water, soil
and sound
pollutions.
IMPACT OF URBANIZATION OVER
ENVIRONMENT
Impact on biosphere
Hrishiraj Sarma | 13MUP03 | 2nd Sem | BCHS | 2014
28
 Modification of Habitats.
 Destruction of Habitats.
 Creation of New Habitats
NOW, WHAT’S ABOUT
FOOD SECURITY???
FOOD SECURITY INCLUDES THE
FOLLOWING ASPECTS :
• Availability
• Access
• Affordability
• Quality
• Nutrition
• Safety
Think of an example of an issue which may
affect each aspect of food security.
Increasing population - In 2009, the
world population was 6 billion. By
2050, it is predicted to reach 9 billion. Our
current output of food is not enough to
feed a population of 9 billion.
Food security is one of the biggest challenges facing
humankind. There are many factors related to urbanization
which have combined to make food security such a large
issue. This includes:
Changing diets - As countries develop and
people become richer they tend to eat a
more varied diet, including more meat,
which requires more energy to produce.
This also means there is more
competition for the same types of food.
Reduced arable land - The drive to
produce more biofuels for transport uses
edible crops and has reduced arable land
Transport costs - The relatively high price
of oil in recent years has increased the
price of food storage and distribution.
Climate change - Climate change is
leading to a warmer world which will
affect what crops can be grown where.
Climate change can also lead to more
frequent extreme weather events (e.g.
floods) which can damage crops.
• Therefore, these factors are negatively affecting on
environment as well as food security. Population
increase, growth of income , lack of planning and
development control are resulting rapid conversion
of agricultural productive land to urban use and
directly or indirectly impending the supply of safe,
sufficient and nutritious food among the people.
Current availability and gaps:
The total requirement of cereals in 2010-11 is estimated to
be 23.64 million tons, based on 435.6 g/capita/day
consumption (BBS Household Income and Expenditure
Survey 2010) for a population size of 148.69 million.
Against this, production of cereals (cleaned rice and
wheat) in 2010-11 is estimated at 31.50 million tons after
deduction of 10% for seeds, feed and wastage. Potato
production is reported to be surplus by 6.25 million tons.
Gaps between requirement and production of other
important food crops and livestock products are wide.
(Million MT)
Food Items
Food Production
in 2010-11 (mT)
(less 10%)
Requirements in
2015 (mT)
(less 10%)
Production in
2015 (mT)
(less 10%)
Surplus (+)
Gaps (– )
(mT)
Rice & wheat 31.5 25.29 35.00 +9.71
Pulses 0.65 2.32 0.97 -1.35
Oilseeds 0.76 1.28 0.90 -0.38
Vegetables 10.07 9.58 9.82 -0.24
Fruits 3.52 2.90 5.15 -2.25
Potato 7.47 3.48 10.00 +6.52
Fish 2.8 3.25 4.00 +0.75
Meat 1.71 0.98 2.45 -1.47
Milk 2.66 14.29 4.54 -9.75
Egg (million) 54702 16297 11052 -5245
Table 5: Projected requirements and production of major
food items in 2015
APPROACHES TO COMBAT
THE HAZARD
FOOD SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE
Bangladesh agriculture has achieved significant structural changes over
the past three and half decades. Despite many problems and constraints a
quiet agricultural revolution has taken place which is still evolving in
response to natural calamities, sociopolitical changes, population growth,
and urbanization, new technology in agriculture and new opportunities in
rural non-agriculture sector commercialization and changes in macro
policy and sector intervention in agriculture. Improved national
governance is most needed today to reduce hunger. Democracy is one
useful standard of good governance.
Internal peace: Governments in Bangladesh must do a better job of
preserving internal peace. Where national governments fail to preserve
internal peace, food production and access to food are compromised.
Present government has the utmost priority on internal peace.
Rule of law: The prosperity of Bangladesh agriculture is satisfactory
because of good civil and judicial systems or arbitrary and anti-corrupt
governmental administration has tended to encourage private investment.
Public investment in rural infrastructure: Such investments are
moderate strong in Bangladesh, increasing the life chances of the rural
poor. More than 49.8 percent of rural people in the poorest income
quintile live in rural settings, and very few of these poor rural households
enjoy the basic infrastructure needed for a healthy and productive life.
Government support for agricultural research and development:
Between 1971 and 2011, public spending on agricultural research and
development in Bangladesh is increased. One percent of AGDP is
allocated for agricultural research is planned in future. Strong
coordinated efforts by both the public and the private sectors.
The WHO states that there are three pillars that
determine food security: food availability, food
access, and food use. The FAO adds a fourth pillar:
the stability of the first three dimensions of food
security over time. In 2009, the World Summit on
Food Security stated that the "four pillars of food
security are availability, access, utilization, and
stability”
On the basis of the pillars, there are a number of
measures to be taken through which we can
improve the food security world wide :
i. There is still scope for further increase in rice
production through intensification of land use in
the vast coastal areas and depressed basins as
haor and char land where single crop system
dominates.
ii. Expansion of employment in non-cereal
production like vegetables, pulses, oil seeds and
fruits and animal source foods like dairy, poultry
and fisheries and in manufacturing activities is
possible which may improve food security of the
people.
iii. Expansion of food processing and food
preservation activities with effective control of
safety and quality with network of laboratory
support and extension services by the
government across the regions reaching upto
farmer level of the country.
iv. Increased investment in increasing quality of
food by giving stress on HACCP and Sanitary and
photo sanitary measures for boosting exports and
ensuring health of domestic consumers.
v. Liberalization of imports of fruits and grains
for food processing enterprises for products
oriented to domestic consumption or for exports
vi. Property rights to the farmers in using
common property through community based
organizations as in fish production in using baor,
open water bodies like rivers, plain low fields,
canals with extension services from the
government agencies. The NGOs may be
engaged to see the interests of fish farmers.
vii. Increased capacity to import food
through increased export earnings and
remittances from migrant workers.
viii. Increased investment in technology
and skill development for ensuring safe
drinking water throughout the country
Table 4:
Production
and
availability of
major food
items (1994-
2011) Food
Items
Production (million tons) Availability ( gm/capita/day)
1994-95 2004-05 2010-11 1994-95 2004-05 2010-11*
Cereals 18.08 26.13 35.0 374 464 647
Potato 1.50 5.95 8.30 32 108 153
Pulses 0.53 0.31 0.72 11 10 13
Oilseed 0.48 0.56 0.84 10 10 15
Vegetable
1.21 6.50 11.19 21 108 207
Fruits 1.41 4.60 3.56 24 68 65
Fish 1.17 2.10 2.89 27 41 53
Meat 0.48 1.06 1.90 11 21 35
Milk
1.52 2.14 2.95 35 42 54.60
Egg (Million)
2400 5623 6078 19** 41** 41
ix. Regional variation in food security may be
reduced by diffusing technology and
knowledge among the farmers and
consumers of backward regions.
RECOMMENDATION
a. Human resource development
b.Poverty and economic growth
c. Food security and nutrition
d.Population growth & movements
e. Food supply
CONCLUSION
To summarize, the objective was that to
outline the relationship between urbanization
and food security and compare food density.
Lessons from successful agricultural and
nutrition related policies and programs in other
societies can be useful in highlighting best
practices. Sound planning, well educational
strategy, and its strong co-ordination of
implementation plan supported by ample
amount of finance is essential to make
relevant policy recommendations.
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Urbanization and its effect on food security

  • 2. URBANIZATION AND ITS EFFECT ON FOOD SECURITY Mahmud Shuvo MBBS(AFMC) shuvo.afmc@gmail.com
  • 3. URBANIZATION Hrishiraj Sarma | 13MUP03 | 2nd Sem | BCHS | 2014 3
  • 4. TO ACQUAINTE WITH URBANIZATION AND ITS EFFECT ON FOOD SECURITY AIM:
  • 5. SCOPE : a. What is urbanization ? b. What is food security ? c. Causes and Effects on food security d. Urbanization in Bangladesh e. Recommendation f. Conclusion
  • 6. INTRODUCTION : The word Urbanization refers to shift of population from rural to urban areas. The gradual increase in the proportion of people living in urban areas and the ways in which each society adapts to the change. It predominantly results in the physical growth of urban areas, be it horizontal or vertical.
  • 7. CONT…... Food security “exists when all people at all times have both physical and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs for an active and healthy life.” Food security and urbanization are closely related to each other. It has become a great challenge to ensure food security in the era of urbanization.
  • 8. DESCRIPTION : • Scenerio of Urbanization
  • 9. * People moving form rural settlement to a city or to a densely populated area calls urbanization. People move to cities for various reasons, city provides different services available in the cities. Job, education, health care, transportation, entertainment etc are the pull for urbanization.
  • 10. Causes of Urban Growth Better food supply Good medical care Education Jobs Specialization of professions Entertainment
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  • 12. Bangladesh is an integral part of the urban transformation that the world is witness to, and is gradually making the shift from ‘rural’ to ‘urban’. Though the level of urbanization is still rather low, only 28.4 percent, it however already had a very large population 42.7 million in 2011, living in the countries nearly 570 urban centres. Projected Rural and Urban Population: Bangladesh: 2011-2051 Source: Bangladesh Census, and estimations
  • 13. Table 1: Trends of Urbanization in Bangladesh (1901- 2011)
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  • 15. The consequences of urbanization for a country is not a given. Both the experience of Bangladesh as well as the general global experience is that urbanization is an inevitable feature of the development process. However, beyond this very general trend, urbanization holds both promise and problems for a country and which feature will come to dominate will very much depend on the nature and efficacy of policy engagement with the urban agenda.
  • 16. There are many reasons why people are flocking to the urban centres. Most important attraction is economic: 71% of the reasons cited by Dhaka and Chittagong residents are for employment, 21% for business purposes. Similar percentages also apply in the case of the secondary towns. But not all of the reasons are narrowly economic. 23.3% cite children’s education as an important reason for migrating to the two metropolitan centres. Student migrants percentages are also an emerging reality: 15.3% of Dhaka and Chittagong residents are student migrants.
  • 18. These problems are very complex and their interactions are hard to define. It is very important to examine problems trough the social-economic- cultural system. Even the interconnections between urbanization and food security are now better known, we still lack exact information on how the issues are linked, on what degree they interact and what are the most effective measures. One problem is to integrate land- and water use planning to provide food and water security (UNEP 1999).
  • 19. Probably most of the major environmental problems of the next century will result from the continuation and sharpening of existing problems that currently do not receive enough political attention. The problems are not necessarily noticed in many countries or then nothing is done even the situation has been detected. The most emerging issues are climate changes, freshwater scarcity, food security, and fresh water pollution and population growth.
  • 20. Demerits of Urbanization in Bangladesh Some of the disadvantages of urbanization are: 1. Increase of population 2. Movement of people from rural to urban areas 3. Increase of Industries and factories 4. Increase in pollution in the environment 5. Farmers losing their farms 6. Cutting down forests 8. Distraction in the eco-system The Urbanization of Bangladesh is increasing rapidly, which should be considered as a good thing! NO….. 7. Global warming
  • 21. As we can see from the graph in the left side, urbanization is of Bangladesh increasing rapidly. But it is also clear that with the increase of urbanization population of our country is also increasing! And with the raise of population the need for food, clothes and shelter are also rising…With the increase of basic needs, people are looking for better jobs and moving towards the cities, thus making the cities over crowded and densely populated. All those are related and are discussed as follows:
  • 22. With urbanization industries and factories are also increasing, which is again followed by air, water, soil and sound pollutions.
  • 23. We are losing the beauty of our country as well as the greenery. Which is due to cutting down forests and trees to fulfill the demand of rising population and for the industries. As such farmers are losing their farms and jobs due to pollution created by those factories and also because they want to move in to the cities for better paid jobs. Which might lead us to a worse situation…
  • 24. With Urbanization global warming is increasing. For which we can say, its not only effecting human beings but also all the living creatures in the world. Due to deforestation animals are losing their homes and thus some of those r on their way to extinct.
  • 25. Present Condition of Urbanization in Bangladesh
  • 26. Due to population growth cities are becoming impossible to live in near future . As population increases pollution increases
  • 27. With urbanization industries and factories are also increasing, which is again followed by air, water, soil and sound pollutions.
  • 28. IMPACT OF URBANIZATION OVER ENVIRONMENT Impact on biosphere Hrishiraj Sarma | 13MUP03 | 2nd Sem | BCHS | 2014 28  Modification of Habitats.  Destruction of Habitats.  Creation of New Habitats
  • 30. FOOD SECURITY INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ASPECTS : • Availability • Access • Affordability • Quality • Nutrition • Safety Think of an example of an issue which may affect each aspect of food security.
  • 31. Increasing population - In 2009, the world population was 6 billion. By 2050, it is predicted to reach 9 billion. Our current output of food is not enough to feed a population of 9 billion. Food security is one of the biggest challenges facing humankind. There are many factors related to urbanization which have combined to make food security such a large issue. This includes:
  • 32. Changing diets - As countries develop and people become richer they tend to eat a more varied diet, including more meat, which requires more energy to produce. This also means there is more competition for the same types of food. Reduced arable land - The drive to produce more biofuels for transport uses edible crops and has reduced arable land
  • 33. Transport costs - The relatively high price of oil in recent years has increased the price of food storage and distribution. Climate change - Climate change is leading to a warmer world which will affect what crops can be grown where. Climate change can also lead to more frequent extreme weather events (e.g. floods) which can damage crops.
  • 34. • Therefore, these factors are negatively affecting on environment as well as food security. Population increase, growth of income , lack of planning and development control are resulting rapid conversion of agricultural productive land to urban use and directly or indirectly impending the supply of safe, sufficient and nutritious food among the people.
  • 35. Current availability and gaps: The total requirement of cereals in 2010-11 is estimated to be 23.64 million tons, based on 435.6 g/capita/day consumption (BBS Household Income and Expenditure Survey 2010) for a population size of 148.69 million. Against this, production of cereals (cleaned rice and wheat) in 2010-11 is estimated at 31.50 million tons after deduction of 10% for seeds, feed and wastage. Potato production is reported to be surplus by 6.25 million tons. Gaps between requirement and production of other important food crops and livestock products are wide.
  • 36. (Million MT) Food Items Food Production in 2010-11 (mT) (less 10%) Requirements in 2015 (mT) (less 10%) Production in 2015 (mT) (less 10%) Surplus (+) Gaps (– ) (mT) Rice & wheat 31.5 25.29 35.00 +9.71 Pulses 0.65 2.32 0.97 -1.35 Oilseeds 0.76 1.28 0.90 -0.38 Vegetables 10.07 9.58 9.82 -0.24 Fruits 3.52 2.90 5.15 -2.25 Potato 7.47 3.48 10.00 +6.52 Fish 2.8 3.25 4.00 +0.75 Meat 1.71 0.98 2.45 -1.47 Milk 2.66 14.29 4.54 -9.75 Egg (million) 54702 16297 11052 -5245 Table 5: Projected requirements and production of major food items in 2015
  • 38. FOOD SECURITY AND GOVERNANCE Bangladesh agriculture has achieved significant structural changes over the past three and half decades. Despite many problems and constraints a quiet agricultural revolution has taken place which is still evolving in response to natural calamities, sociopolitical changes, population growth, and urbanization, new technology in agriculture and new opportunities in rural non-agriculture sector commercialization and changes in macro policy and sector intervention in agriculture. Improved national governance is most needed today to reduce hunger. Democracy is one useful standard of good governance. Internal peace: Governments in Bangladesh must do a better job of preserving internal peace. Where national governments fail to preserve internal peace, food production and access to food are compromised. Present government has the utmost priority on internal peace.
  • 39. Rule of law: The prosperity of Bangladesh agriculture is satisfactory because of good civil and judicial systems or arbitrary and anti-corrupt governmental administration has tended to encourage private investment. Public investment in rural infrastructure: Such investments are moderate strong in Bangladesh, increasing the life chances of the rural poor. More than 49.8 percent of rural people in the poorest income quintile live in rural settings, and very few of these poor rural households enjoy the basic infrastructure needed for a healthy and productive life. Government support for agricultural research and development: Between 1971 and 2011, public spending on agricultural research and development in Bangladesh is increased. One percent of AGDP is allocated for agricultural research is planned in future. Strong coordinated efforts by both the public and the private sectors.
  • 40. The WHO states that there are three pillars that determine food security: food availability, food access, and food use. The FAO adds a fourth pillar: the stability of the first three dimensions of food security over time. In 2009, the World Summit on Food Security stated that the "four pillars of food security are availability, access, utilization, and stability”
  • 41. On the basis of the pillars, there are a number of measures to be taken through which we can improve the food security world wide : i. There is still scope for further increase in rice production through intensification of land use in the vast coastal areas and depressed basins as haor and char land where single crop system dominates.
  • 42. ii. Expansion of employment in non-cereal production like vegetables, pulses, oil seeds and fruits and animal source foods like dairy, poultry and fisheries and in manufacturing activities is possible which may improve food security of the people. iii. Expansion of food processing and food preservation activities with effective control of safety and quality with network of laboratory support and extension services by the government across the regions reaching upto farmer level of the country.
  • 43. iv. Increased investment in increasing quality of food by giving stress on HACCP and Sanitary and photo sanitary measures for boosting exports and ensuring health of domestic consumers. v. Liberalization of imports of fruits and grains for food processing enterprises for products oriented to domestic consumption or for exports
  • 44. vi. Property rights to the farmers in using common property through community based organizations as in fish production in using baor, open water bodies like rivers, plain low fields, canals with extension services from the government agencies. The NGOs may be engaged to see the interests of fish farmers.
  • 45. vii. Increased capacity to import food through increased export earnings and remittances from migrant workers. viii. Increased investment in technology and skill development for ensuring safe drinking water throughout the country
  • 46. Table 4: Production and availability of major food items (1994- 2011) Food Items Production (million tons) Availability ( gm/capita/day) 1994-95 2004-05 2010-11 1994-95 2004-05 2010-11* Cereals 18.08 26.13 35.0 374 464 647 Potato 1.50 5.95 8.30 32 108 153 Pulses 0.53 0.31 0.72 11 10 13 Oilseed 0.48 0.56 0.84 10 10 15 Vegetable 1.21 6.50 11.19 21 108 207 Fruits 1.41 4.60 3.56 24 68 65 Fish 1.17 2.10 2.89 27 41 53 Meat 0.48 1.06 1.90 11 21 35 Milk 1.52 2.14 2.95 35 42 54.60 Egg (Million) 2400 5623 6078 19** 41** 41
  • 47. ix. Regional variation in food security may be reduced by diffusing technology and knowledge among the farmers and consumers of backward regions.
  • 48. RECOMMENDATION a. Human resource development b.Poverty and economic growth c. Food security and nutrition d.Population growth & movements e. Food supply
  • 49. CONCLUSION To summarize, the objective was that to outline the relationship between urbanization and food security and compare food density. Lessons from successful agricultural and nutrition related policies and programs in other societies can be useful in highlighting best practices. Sound planning, well educational strategy, and its strong co-ordination of implementation plan supported by ample amount of finance is essential to make relevant policy recommendations.