IFPRI researcher Salauddin Tauseef and co-authors published the chapter, “Mobile Money Mitigates the Negative Effects of Weather Shocks: Implications for Risk Sharing and Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh” in a book published by the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI). The results show that large rainfall shocks negatively affect food and nonfood consumption, but the adoption of […]
Working Paper – Evaluation of a livestock financing project in Bangladesh: Navigating operational, environmental, and behavioral challenges
Smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries have limited access to finance, due to the paucity of banks and other financial institutions in rural areas. As a result, banks and other formal financial institutions tend not to know much about farming as a business, and therefore they hesitate to extend credit to farmers. Such reluctance […]
Publication – Cracking the code of hatchery-based mass production of mola for nutrition-sensitive aquaculture
In October 2023, researchers from IFPRI, WorldFish, Michigan State University, and Biswal Aquatech researchers published the article, "Cracking the code of hatchery-based mass production of mola for nutrition-sensitive aquaculture" in Frontiers in Aquaculture. Abstract Introduction: Small indigenous fish species (SIS) can be particularly rich in micronutrients and make a crucial contribution toward improving human nutrition. The […]
Annual BIDS Conference: IFPRI Panel on Global Price Shocks and Food Security
On December 7-9, 2023, the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) convened its Annual BIDS Conference on Development. The theme of this year's conference was development, justice, and freedom. The aim of the conference is to provide a platform for the dissemination of research conducted by national and international scholars and engage the wider community […]
Post-Covid price inflation drives up poverty
At least 27.51 lakh more Bangladeshis fell into poverty in 2022 due to the global food price hike and post Covid-19 impacts, according to a paper by a researcher at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). "The Covid-19 was the main driver of higher poverty in Bangladesh. But the world price spike in 2022 […]
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