It is well recognized that Bangladesh has been vigorously executing large scale development projects to maintain its phenomenal growth rate of 8.2%. What is less known is that its small-scale sector has not been neglected and that this sector is also pulling itself by the bootstraps to be a major player in the country’s economic […]
Paddy Price and Procurement Study
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 […]
A4NH Food Safety Dissemination Event
Food safety is a critical aspect of improving nutrition in Bangladesh, yet it requires much greater attention. To this end, the CGIAR Research Program on Agriculture for Health and Nutrition (A4NH) established a food safety flagship, which aims to explore technological and institutional solutions and appropriate policy and regulatory options to improve food safety for […]
BLOG: Impact Study Demonstrates Bt Brinjal Helps Farmers Earn More With Less Pesticide
This post was written by Akhter Ahmed, Ph.D., International Food Policy Research Institute; John Hoddinott, DPhil, Cornell University; Paul Tanger, Ph.D., USAID; Lesley Perlman, USAID. Photo credit: Md. Arif Hossain/Cornell University Eggplant, known as brinjal in Bangladesh, is a high-value crop that is widely grown and consumed throughout the country. 150,000 farmers grow brinjal in […]
1 in 7 Bangladeshis Undernourished
The hunger situation in Bangladesh continues to remain “serious”, with one in every seven persons suffering from undernourishment, according to the 2019 Global Hunger Index (GHI) released yesterday. The GHI, published by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe, showed that Bangladesh has made strides in fighting hunger and undernourishment since 2000 due to steady economic growth. Yet, […]
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