What lessons can Ghana's agricultural and economic transformation provide for Bangladesh? On Wednesday, 9 October from 12:15-1:45pm EDT (10:15-11:45pm Dhaka time), IFPRI warmly invites you to join a webinar where we examine the past four decades of Ghana's economy and agriculture sector, and key insights into harnessing agriculture's potential for transformation. Stay tuned for forthcoming […]
NEW RESEARCH: Impacts of Safety Net Transfers on Child Nutrition
From 2012 to 2014, IFPRI designed and evaluated a randomized controlled trial, the Transfer Modality Research Initiative (TMRI), which sought to generate definitive evidence on which form of safety net transfer–cash or food–works best for the ultra poor in rural Bangladesh and whether impacts of these transfers change when linked to nutrition behavior change communication […]
Assessing the Impacts of Bt Brinjal
Brinjal is a high-value crop that is widely grown and consumed throughout the country. However, it is highly susceptible to the fruit and shoot borer pest. To fight this pest, farmers spray their crops heavily with toxic pesticides, which can have harmful effects on the health of farmers, their families, the consumers of the fruit, […]
IFPRI: Inaction to see 80m more food-insecure people by 2050
Averting a global crisis is possible but the window is closing International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has feared that if the adverse impacts of the climate change remain unaddressed, 80 million more people may become food-insecure by 2050. In a statement issued on Sunday, on the eve of the United Nations Climate Action Summit […]
Discussion Paper: Impacts of Bt Brinjal (Eggplant) in Bangladesh
A new discussion paper from IFPRI researchers Akhter Ahmed, John Hoddinott, Nusrat Hossain, and Naveen Abedin assesses the impacts of genetically modified eggplant, Bt brinjal, on economic and health outcomes in Bangladesh using a cluster randomized controlled trial design. The study finds that Bt brinjal reduces the cost of pesticide use, the use of pesticides […]
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