Paddy prices become depressed due to high production, which recently took place with a bumper harvest of the boro rice crop. Farmers’ protest that they do not receive price support from the government as paddy prices cover only a fraction of production costs. Upon request of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Agricultural Policy Support […]
The Agricultural Policy Support Unit (APSU) of the Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture was jointly established by USAID and the PRSSP in 2012 to strengthen the Bangladesh Ministry of Agriculture’s in-house technical capacity. APSU does this by providing timely policy recommendations in response to short-term challenges; carrying out in-depth analyses to help produce policy options that will address medium- and long-term challenges; and monitoring and evaluating policy implementation and outcomes. APSU has supported various demand-driven research activities, including the following:
- the Ministry of Agriculture’s ANGeL pilot project
- Selection and prioritization for the Ministry of Agriculture's five-year development plan
- Integrated Agricultural Strategy for the Teesta River Basin
- Boro Rice Forecasting Study
- Assessing progress in the implementation of the National Nutrition Services
- Rice price fall study
For more information on APSU, please contact IFPRI Country Representative Dr. Akhter Ahmed.
Merit of Bt Brinjal Technology
Abdul Bayes | October 05, 2019 | The drivers of the current development of Bangladesh are many and they are diverse too. Ranking the drivers on their strengths may not be a simple exercise as hosts of multi-co-linearity problems would complicate the attempt. But apparently agricultural growth, especially of food grains could be touted as […]
Rice Price Study Survey Enumerator Training
Upon request of the Ministry of Agriculture and the Agricultural Policy Support Unit (APSU), the Policy Research and Strategy Support Program (PRSSP), implemented by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), will conduct a policy study to assess the paddy price issue and identify policies to help farmers overcome low paddy prices in the future. […]
Empowering Women in Agriculture
The government is rolling out the ‘ANGeL’ program nationwide to train women farmers in order to develop dietary diversity, nutrition and financial gains, and cut medical costs. Women constitute over 50% of the farm labour force in Bangladesh, much higher a participation comparing to 30% in India and Pakistan. But as they belong to small […]
Bt Brinjal Census Training
Bangladesh is the first South Asian country to approve commercial cultivation of a genetically modified food crop: brinjal (eggplant). Although advancements in agricultural biotechnology like Bt brinjal could accelerate food production to meet the demand of Bangladesh’s growing population, farmers’ and consumers’ food safety remains a top priority. To this end, the Ministry of Agriculture […]