Shenggen Fan, Director General of International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), said though agri-food systems have been central to recent unprecedented reductions in poverty, hunger, and undernutrition, the systems face mounting climate impacts that threaten their ability to feed a growing population. All the while global hunger and food insecurity are once again on the […]
Proper policy needed for ensuring fair paddy price
The government should create a balance between the paddy price at the farm and the retail level to ensure that the farmers get fair price of their produce and the consumers can also buy rice at affordable prices. “Lower paddy price causes sufferings to the farmers and at the same time, high rice price also […]
Paddy of despair, farmers getting poor deal
The government’s market interventions have been largely ineffective. Bangladesh’s resilient farmers recouped the 2017 devastating flood-induced crop damages by growing more rice over the last few growing seasons including the current Boro. This high rice output brings much relief to the government that spent millions of Taka importing a record four million tons of rice […]
2019 GFPR: We need a balanced rural-urban growth
The significant progress that Bangladesh made in rural development has drawn the attention of the world community. The success in improving various rural development indicators as well as food and nutrition security has elevated the country’s position in South Asia and made it one of the leaders in the region. This has been possible due […]
2019 GFPR: BD highlighted for improving rural dev, food security
Marked by a deepening cycle of hunger and malnutrition, persistent poverty, limited economic opportunities, and environmental degradation, rural areas continue to be in a state of crisis in many parts of the world. According to International Food Policy Research Institute's (IFPRI) 2019 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR), which was launched on Thursday at the Hotel […]
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