In November 2023, IFPRI, WorldFish, Michigan State University, and Bangladesh Agricultural University co-authored the article, "Transformation of the feed supply segment of the aquaculture value chain in Bangladesh," which was published in Aquaculture for open access. Abstract The rapid growth of aquaculture in Bangladesh over the past three decades has been facilitated by increasing supplementary […]
Profitability in farming on the decline: study
Farmers are registering reduced profitability from paddy cultivation due to tightening of the rural labour market and declining real prices for the cereal grain, according to a joint study by two international research organisations. The study found that real agricultural wages have been rising gradually as people are moving out to non-farm sectors. Between 2011 […]
Publication – Prevalence, trends, and inequality in noncommunicable diseases in Bangladesh
In December 2023, IFPRI researcher Md. Masum Ali and co-authors from Dhaka University and Lund University published the open access article, "Prevalence, trends, and inequality in noncommunicable diseases in Bangladesh: Evidence from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Surveys 2011 and 2017–2018" in Public Health Challenges. Abstract We investigated the change of the prevalence of noncommunicable diseases […]
Working Paper – Evaluation of a livestock financing project in Bangladesh: Navigating operational, environmental, and behavioral challenges
Smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries have limited access to finance, due to the paucity of banks and other financial institutions in rural areas. As a result, banks and other formal financial institutions tend not to know much about farming as a business, and therefore they hesitate to extend credit to farmers. Such reluctance […]
Ensuring good governance in agri-food system crucial
With a positive and significant transformation taking place in Bangladesh's agricultural sector, the policies related to this are getting more complex, according to a paper presentation. Consequently, it has become crucial to ensure good governance in the country's agri-food system through better coordination among all stakeholders, the paper said. The paper titled 'Structure of Bangladesh […]
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