Real prices of rice have fallen in the decade from 2010 to 2020, benefiting consumers but generating lower real incomes for producers, according to a paper presented at an event in Dhaka yesterday. However, real prices of the staple food climbed in the years following the turn of the decade. Real prices are those which […]
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 […]
27.51 lakh Bangladeshis go below poverty line for food price hike, economic slowdown: IFPRI researcher
The poverty situation in Bangladesh was higher than expected in 2020-21 as the COVID constrained economic activity and reduced incomes. The situation worsened further amid spirals in global food prices in 2022. And the global economic slowdown could push more people into poverty this year. A researcher at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) […]
Ensuring good governance in agri-food system crucial
With a positive and significant transformation taking place in Bangladesh's agricultural sector, the policies related to this are getting more complex, according to a paper presentation. Consequently, it has become crucial to ensure good governance in the country's agri-food system through better coordination among all stakeholders, the paper said. The paper titled 'Structure of Bangladesh […]
Households’ Grain Reserve Stressed
Speakers at an in-country training workshop stressed the need for increasing grain reserve available to households to meet post-disaster needs and improve the efficiency of grain shortage. The workshop on 'Concepts and Tools for Food Policy Analysis' was held at BIAM Foundation Auditorium in the city with Arifur Rahman Apu, Additional Director General of the […]