31 Development (VGD), Food-For-Work and Cash/Food-For-Education to reach some of the poor are one method to increase household food security for the poor.94 . So far there are approximately 27 food security and social safety net program in Bangladesh and currently nearly 2.2 percent of the GDP are allocated for safety nets and social protection. However, proper implementation of such schemes and coordination among different agencies remains the main challenge for their effectiveness. Coverage of social safety net programs is still inadequate. Inflexibility of the programs, misappropriation and corruption also undermines the effectiveness of such programs. Apart from the above programs, Bangladesh introduced a 100-day Employment Generation Program (EGP) in 2008 aimed at the poorest and jobless poor, particularly those affected by seasonal unemployment, in response to the soaring food prices. But its efficiency has been severely hampered by targeting problems, and by the absence of adequate accountability mechanisms. 18. Access to Land Access to land and security of tenure are essential for the enjoyment of the right to food.95 The pressures on land are increasing dramatically in Bangladesh due to population growth, increasing industrial uses of land and urbanization. Moreover, establishment of special economic zones aimed at creating conditions favourable for the arrival of foreign investors, large infrastructure projects such as dams and highways have also an important impact on access to land of small ethnic minorities and small land owners in rural areas. More equitable land distribution and the development of owner-operated land have significant implications for realization of the right to food. There are strong arguments, however, in favour of land reform as contributing to the progressive realization of the human right to food, at least in contexts characterized by (a) a high degree of concentration of land ownership combined with (b) a significant level of rural poverty attributable to landlessness or the cultivation of 94 95 Ibid Olivier De Schutter, ‘The Right to Food’, GA Res. A/65/281, 11 August 2010