Child marriage in Bangladesh has come down to around 43 per cent from 62.3 per cent in the last two decades, finds a new research by the Washington-based think tank International Food Policy Research Institute. IFPRI, however, notes that there is no room for complacency as the rate of marriage between 15 and 18 (minimum […]
An End in Sight to Early Marriage in Bangladesh?
PRSSP researchers used IFPRI's 2015 national survey data to assess who is getting married, at what age, and why.
Designing More Profitable Agricultural Enterprise
Agricultural technologies such as genetically modified crops have potential to advance agricultural development and food security, but the effects on farmer profits and consumer and producer health outcomes are not well understood. To help fill this knowledge gap, IFPRI designed an experimental study to evaluate the impacts of Bt eggplant. From November 21—25, PRSSP researchers […]
Ministry of Food and IFPRI-Led Consortium Launch Program
In early December 2016, the Ministry of Food and the IFPRI-led consortium, including Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will announce the launch of the five-year Bangladesh Integrated Food Policy Research Program at an event in Dhaka. The program aims to combine policy research with capacity strengthening in order to […]
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL)
The ANGeL pilot project has been working with the government’s agriculture extension since 2015 to provide more than 3,000 farm families with training on agriculture production, nutrition knowledge, and gender sensitization. IFPRI, together with the government and partners such as Helen Keller International, has developed training modules and monitoring tools, and encouraged district-level agriculture extension […]
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