The Inception Workshop of the study titled “A Review of Agricultural and Non-agricultural Real Income for Investigating Food and Nutrition Security Policy in Bangladesh” held on virtually on 11 May, 2021. The Food Planning and Monitoring Unit (FPMU) of the Ministry of Food, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) are jointly organized this Inception Report Workshop. The welcome address of the workshop was provided by Research Director of FPMU Md. Hajiqul Islam and the Chief guest was Dr. Md. Ruhul Amin Talukder, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture. The inception report was presented by Dr. Mohammed Helal Uddin, Director Research, CIRDAP and Professor, Department of Economics, Dhaka University. The virtual workshop was embraced by 77 distinguished participants.

The objective of the study is to generate evidence-based information to bridge the knowledge gaps required to produce and formulate pertinent national policies at ease. The workshop is supported by Meeting the Undernutrition Challenge (MUCH) project which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the European Union (EU).