Tenth International Conference on Food Studies

Abstract

Environmental issues, along with the global warming, have become the topic worldwide, as they are directly related to the survival of the mankind. Also, climate change is regarded as one of the big challenges for food security. Now it is the time to find means to adapt for various environmental issues and food security arising from the global warming. European countries and the USA are responding to global warming, environmental issues and food security from the nation-wide perspective, but because the developing countries have relatively limited adaptability, damages from environment and food security are expected to aggravate. Thus, the purpose of the research is to analyze the economic and the geographic characteristics of Bangladesh, and the causes of environmental issues and food security in Bangladesh, having high risks in environment and food security among the developing countries, and then to find proper response methods on damage prevention and management of environmental and food security risks of Bangladesh. For these environmental and food security risks, this research proposes systematic and integrated approach of risk management when considering the seriousness of the risks. Therefore, a structured system encompassing accident prevention, post-accident response, compensation, governance, international cooperation, and enterprise risk management(ERM) is applied to overfishing, water pollution, natural disaster, and food security respectively. Furthermore, the research suggests several policy alternatives for the environmental and food security risks in Bangladesh.