To ensure fair prices for Boro farmers, the government under its procurement programme should only buy paddy from the growers instead of rice from millers, a study suggested. It showed that last year the market price of Boro paddy could have increased by 45 percent had the government purchased only paddy from farmers for its […]
Journal Article: Food Transfers & Child Nutrition in Rohingya Camps
Rohingya refugees are highly vulnerable to many challenges. IFPRI and Cornell researchers joined hands to examine the associations between receipt of an electronic food voucher (e-voucher) compared with food rations on the nutritional status of Rohingya children living in refugee camps in Bangladesh. The study found that, in a humanitarian assistance setting (i.e. Rohingya refugee […]
Reaching the Most Needy Amid COVID-19: Interview
Government of Bangladesh's Response to Feed the Needy The Bangladesh government has taken a special scheme to reach food to 50 lakh people through a food friendly program in the cities through Open Market Sale (OMS) of rice. A special OMS scheme has started last week in addition to the previous one to ease the […]
Feed the Future’s “Biggest Moments in 2019” Highlights IFPRI Research
Every year, the U.S. Government's Feed the Future initiative releases a summary of its biggest accomplishments. This year, Feed the Future recognized IFPRI's Bt brinjal study in Bangladesh, which evaluated the impacts of genetically engineered brinjal, or eggplant, on various outcomes. IFPRI researchers found that Bt brinjal cultivation increased crop yields, farmers' incomes, and decreased […]
WEAI for Value Chains Final Report
Upon request of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), IFPRI conducted this study to support USAID in assessing the state of empowerment and gender parity of men and women along the agricultural value chain in the Feed the Future (FTF) Zone of Influence (ZOI) in Bangladesh. Specifically, IFPRI’s Policy Research and Strategy Support Program […]
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