Five-year research program integrates all aspects of food policy to enhance food security across Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 6, 2016 – The Ministry of Food announced Tuesday a new comprehensive food security research program, together with the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. About […]
An End in Sight to Early Marriage in Bangladesh?
PRSSP researchers used IFPRI's 2015 national survey data to assess who is getting married, at what age, and why.
Designing More Profitable Agricultural Enterprise
Agricultural technologies such as genetically modified crops have potential to advance agricultural development and food security, but the effects on farmer profits and consumer and producer health outcomes are not well understood. To help fill this knowledge gap, IFPRI designed an experimental study to evaluate the impacts of Bt eggplant. From November 21—25, PRSSP researchers […]
Ministry of Food and IFPRI-Led Consortium Launch Program
In early December 2016, the Ministry of Food and the IFPRI-led consortium, including Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will announce the launch of the five-year Bangladesh Integrated Food Policy Research Program at an event in Dhaka. The program aims to combine policy research with capacity strengthening in order to […]
BIHS Round 1
PRSSP’s Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS) is the most comprehensive, nationally representative household survey conducted to date in Bangladesh.