By Akhter U. Ahmed, M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, Md. Aminul Karim, Raisa Shamma, and Julie Ghostlaw Introduction In Bangladesh, limited access to formal financial services such as agricultural microinsurance prevents smallholder farmers from investing in productive assets, adopting new technologies, and absorbing shocks. Moreover, the existing gender gap in access to agricultural finance warrants greater attention […]
Blog: Supply- and demand-side barriers to reach uninsured farmers: Field-level insights on agricultural microinsurance in Bangladesh
By M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, Md. Aminul Karim, Raisa Shamma, Md. Redoy, and Julie Ghostlaw In Bangladesh, farmers are highly vulnerable to various types of shocks. Access to agricultural finance is critical for mitigating the impact of shocks on smallholder farmers. While microcredit has become a major tool for promoting poverty reduction, economic empowerment, and gender […]
Knowledge bank can prevent post-harvest crop wastage
Approximately a third of all food produced in the world in a year is lost or wasted in post-harvest operations. Bangladesh is no exception to the affliction. According to an FAO research report from 2010, post-harvest loss (PHL) in fruits and vegetables range from 26% to 43%. Recent estimates suggest that 1.45 crore (145 million) […]
Assessing the Impact of USAID’s Feed the Future Initiative in Bangladesh: Insights from the ReSAKSS Closeout Event
ReSAKSS Closeout Event On Thursday, February 23, 2023, USAID and IFPRI held a closeout event for the ReSAKSS initiative. ReSAKSS aimed to fill knowledge gaps and assess policy and investment options to accelerate agricultural growth and reduce poverty and hunger. The purpose of this event was to highlight the successes and lessons learned from USAID’s […]
Consumers feel the heat of war everywhere
The Daily Star (Bangladesh), in its review of the impacts of the Russia-Ukraine war on the people of Bangladesh, quotes a report by the International Food Policy Research Institute released in July [2022] which said "Since the wheat grain supply is highly dependent on imports, we expect changes in world prices to have a relatively large effect on […]
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