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Following the 2007/08 food price crisis, the Government of Bangladesh asked the FAO country office and Investment Centre to develop a Country Investment Plan, identifying priority investments in agriculture, food security and nutrition.

The five-year plan built on the National Food Policy, developed with FAO support. Eleven ministries, civil society, academics and development partners, including FAO, were involved in producing an updated version. The plan, with its 12 priority investment areas, was designed to align domestic and external funding to enhance coordination and avoid gaps and duplication, with a mechanism in place to monitor results. From 2010 to 2014 an additional USD 4.5 billion in resources were mobilized.