In 2008, 65 million people (approximately 45 percent of the population) were food insecure and consumed less than 2, 133 kcal per day in Bangladesh (WFP 2009). The number of food insecure has risen by 7.5 million since 2006 primarily due to high food prices and floods. Moreover, about 35 million people were severely food insecure (24 percent of the population), with an increase of 6.9 million from 2006 to 2008 (FAO and WFP 2008). By 2008, the poor were spending 80 percent of their income on food in comparison to 70 percent in the previous year (WFP 2009).