About FPMU

Publications

- Fortnightly Foodgrain Outlook

The Fortnightly Foodgrain Outlook is intended to provide a brief, easy-to-read update on most recent developments in domestic and international foodgrain markets and public foodgrain management operations that can be used by policy-makers, development partners and other food security stakeholders as an immediate reference for short term planning and decision making. The Outlook sheds light on changes in domestic prices and imports of rice and wheat, as well as on international price movements and market prospects of the two commodities. It also summarizes the performance of internal foodgrain procurement activities (during relevant periods) and major distribution programs under the Public Food Distribution System.

The food situation report, published in Bangla every 15-day by the Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU) of the Ministry of Food and Disaster Management (MoFDM), is intended to make relevant information available to the policy makers and associated stakeholders for making better food grain management in the country. It provides arrays of information such as domestic and international food grain production, public food grain stock, internal food grain procurement, public and private import, rice export and public food grain distribution, domestic and international prices of food grain and so on. In each of this element, a brief note is provided highlighting the ways things are moving including future scenarios. The policy makers will find it useful in making pragmatic plan for food management, researchers will be able to analyze this information and provide policy suggestion for food management and finally, the civil societies will be able to make better plan for day to day management of their family budget.

- Bangladesh Food Situation Report

This quarterly report synthesizes the latest information on the situation of food in Bangladesh. It gives a short overview of the state of affairs, followed by sections on the production outlook, Government actions, food aid commercial imports, international prices, domestic foodgrain prices and public food operations. In every issue, sections on hot topics are added as per required. This is an important document for policy makers, as well as international agencies and development partners who use it as a reliable source to plan their policies, activities and update their programs.

- Publications under the Strengthening of Early Warning and Food Information System (EWFIS) Project 1999 -2002

The Government of Bangladesh’s Early Warning and Food Information System (EWFIS) programme (1999-2002) intended to provide a comprehensive appraisal of the food situation in the country and to advise on policies and actions required to strengthen food security. It was operated and managed by the Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU). The programme gave rise to a series of ad hoc publications.

- Publications under the Food Management and Research Support Project (FMRSP)

The Food Management and Research Support Project (FMRSP) of the Ministry of Food began in 1997 and ended in 2001. At the heart of the project were four major policy activities: advisory services to the Government, training, research and dissemination. The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) collaborated with the FPMU along with three subcontractors: the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS), the University of Minnesota and the International Science and Technology Institute (ISTI). A large number of publications arose from this project.
 

- Publications under the Bangladesh Food Policy Project (BFPP)

The Bangladesh Food Policy Project (BFPP), implemented during 1988–94 by IFPRI in collaboration with the Bangladesh Ministry of Food, and in particular FPMU, aimed at providing research based information to enable several policy changes in the Bangladeshi food sector.