Background Between August-October 2017, there was an influx of Rohingya refugees into Cox’s Bazar district near the southeastern tip of Bangladesh—more than doubling the population living in the area. There, they joined more than 200,000 Rohingya displaced over the previous 20 years. Currently, around 1 million Rohingya live in Bangladesh. IFPRI conducted a study, “Food […]
Virtual Launch: 2020 Global Food Policy Report
Background IFPRI's flagship report, The Global Food Policy Report, reviews the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2019, and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2020 at the global and regional levels. In this ninth annual report, leading researchers, policymakers, and practitioners explore the critical role of inclusive food systems for improving nutrition & […]
Govt’s aman purchase hits a record
The food procurement office, for the first time since 1996, has bought the highest amount of aman paddy and achieved its target of buying six lakh tonnes of the grain grown in the monsoon. It bought 6.27 lakh tonnes of aman paddy since November following harvests. In the past 24 years, the public food office […]
COVID-19: IFPRI Resources and Analyses
Analyses on the threats the epidemic poses to food security and development around the world. Read More: https://www.ifpri.org/spotlight/ifpri-resources-and-analyses-covid-19-formerly-known-coronavirus
Fair Prices Elude Farmers
Optimism to turn the tide in his favour had preoccupied the mind of Bimal Krishna Biswas as 2018 drew to a close. The 62-year-old farmer dreamt of renovating his house with brick walls in 2019 with the sales of paddy and the income from fish farm he and his neighbours had in partnership in their […]
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