Experts said that Bangladesh’s shrimp production sector continues to be plagued by significant structural problems although there have been some improvements in yields and farmers’ adoption of modern technologies, including in farm and feed management. They were addressing a press conference at the Centre for Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific (CIRDAP) auditorium […]
Virtual Event: Affordability of Healthy Diets in South Asia (Dec 15-16)
Event: Affordability of Healthy Diets in South Asia - Challenges and Recommendations When: December 15-16, 2022 ABOUT THIS EVENT Healthy diets are unaffordable across most of South Asia. The UN FAO’s State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report (2022) estimates that as of 2020, 1331.5 million people across South Asia could not afford […]
32nd Annual Martin J. Forman Memorial Lecture (Dec 12)
Event: My Reflections on Africa’s Year of Nutrition (Virtual) When: Dec 12, 9:00-10:30PM (Dhaka time) Her Excellency Minata Samaté Cessouma, the AU Commissioner for Health, Humanitarian Affairs, & Social Development reflects on key outcomes & recommendations from the Year of Nutrition in Africa. Learn More & Register: https://www.ifpri.org/event/my-reflections-year-african-nutrition Credit: Jason Chow/IFPRI
Publication: Analysis of Adolescent Birth & Child Undernutrition
Adolescent birth is a major global concern owing to its adverse effects on maternal and child health. IFPRI researchers assessed trends in adolescent birth and examined its associations with child undernutrition in Bangladesh using data from seven rounds of Demographic and Health Surveys (1996–2017). Read the full journal publication on The New York Academy of Sciences […]
THE IMPORTANCE OF HUMAN-CENTERED ECOLOGICAL RESTORATION
The Earth’s ecological resilience is inextricably linked to the well-being of its people, thus a greater focus on equity, inclusion, and justice in ecosystem management is necessary. Read Blog Post > https://www.ifpri.org/blog/importance-human-centered-ecological-restoration