How can data be used to better understand market development, the spread of disease, or even the spread of ideas and innovations among rural Bangladeshi farmers? IFPRI-Bangladesh has been providing technical assistance to the one-year project Crowdsourcing Rural Data Collection, launched in northern Bangladesh in December 2015 by the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia. […]
Field Visit for Agricultural Technologies Study
Agricultural technologies offer new opportunities for improving agricultural production, consumption, farmer incomes, and livelihoods. Tapping into this potential, PRSSP researchers and the Bangladesh government are in the early stages of designing an impact evaluation study on genetically modified eggplant varieties. In November 2016, the research team will visit Jessore in southern Bangladesh to lay the […]
Women’s Empowerment Along the Agricultural Value Chain
The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index measures the challenges women face so that solutions can be found.
Big Data, Big Impact: BIHS Round 2 Results
The Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey second-round results show improvements in poverty, nutrition, and women’s empowerment.
ANGeL Field Visits
ANGeL project team brings government officials and farm families together for training and feedback.