According to the 2018 Global Hunger Index (GHI), Bangladesh falls into the serious category, ranked 86th out of 119 countries. At 26.1, Bangladesh’s 2018 GHI scores is an improvement from 2000 when its GHI score of 36wasconsidered alarming.The Bangladesh Second Country Investment Plan 2016-2020 (CIP2) is integral to the multi sectoral approach needed to tackle hunger and malnutrition. It is a tool to mobilise funds and align sectoral and cross-sectoral food and nutrition security(FNS) related programmes. It sets forth priority nutrition-sensitive investment programmes for each stage of the food value chain as well as emerging challenges to the food systems that impact diets and nutrition.