The food processing industry is growing rapidly and opening up new opportunities. Through diversification of food and income sources, as well as improved crop processing and storage, households are more likely to have something to fall back on if one area of their livelihood is disrupted. In Bangladesh, poor households were found to have only 6 months food security throughout the year when their agricultural labour was in demand. However during the 'lean months' they had no income to fall back on and their households suffered from inadequate nutrition and food insecurity.