Event: Harmful Environmental Impacts of Agricultural Subsidies When: Thursday, December 15 (02:00-03:00 a.m. Dhaka time) Organizers: IFPRI and University of Adelaide Agricultural subsidies are high—and increasing—and are largely concentrated among relatively few commodities in a handful of countries. The negative impacts of these subsidies on production and trade are widely known, but their environmental impacts […]
‘Immediate interventions needed to lower food prices’
The speakers have urged the government to reduce the prices of diesel and other agricultural inputs so that farmers can grow low-cost food that people in poverty can afford The double shocks of the Covid pandemic and the Ukraine crisis have drastically increased food prices, and immediate policy interventions are needed to keep food […]
Publication: Analysis of Adolescent Birth & Child Undernutrition
Adolescent birth is a major global concern owing to its adverse effects on maternal and child health. IFPRI researchers assessed trends in adolescent birth and examined its associations with child undernutrition in Bangladesh using data from seven rounds of Demographic and Health Surveys (1996–2017). Read the full journal publication on The New York Academy of Sciences […]
Bangladesh government set to procure Boro directly from farmers
In a major policy shift, the government is planning to purchase Boro harvest directly from the farmers this season to help ensure a fair price for the latter and boost its own stock. On April 01, the cabinet division recommended that the food ministry take necessary steps to this effect, an official said. The move […]
Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey 2018-19 Third Round Dataset
IFPRI has published the third round of the Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS). BIHS is the only nationally representative survey in Bangladesh that collects detailed data on (1) plot-level agricultural production and practices, (2) dietary intake of individual household members, (3) anthropometric measurements (height and weight) of all household members, and (4) data to measure […]
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