Reducing Food Loss and Waste in Bangladesh By Sadat Anowar, Raisa Shamma, and Julie Ghostlaw On April 25, 2024, IFPRI and the USAID-funded Comprehensive Action for Climate Change Initiative (CACCI), led by Abt Global, jointly organized the national consultation, “Food Loss and Waste Management for Productivity Gains, Food Security, Nutrition, and Climate Resilient Agrifood Value […]
Blog – IFPRI-CGIAR workshop seeks to enhance agrifood value chains and farm mechanization in Bangladesh
IFPRI-CGIAR workshop seeks to enhance agrifood value chains and farm mechanization in Bangladesh By Razin Kabir, Md. Aminul Karim, Raisa Shamma, Md. Riad Uddin, Julie Ghostlaw On March 5, 2024, IFPRI and CGIAR, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, organized the workshop, “Agri-food value chains and farm mechanization in Bangladesh” in Dhaka, […]
Blog – Improving nutrition in Bangladesh farming households
As part of IFPRI's monthly series "Making a Difference," we showcase the impacts of the IFPRI-designed and Ministry-led Agriculture, Nutrition, and Gender Linkages (ANGeL) pilot project in Bangladesh in an interactive blog. Motivated by ANGeL's positive impacts, the Ministry of Agriculture approved scaling up the program nationwide. This represents the first time any government agency […]
Blog – Resilience and COVID-19: Insights into fish and shrimp value chains in Bangladesh
The onset of COVID-19 and its accompanying lockdowns disrupted agri-food value chains across South Asia. Despite this, South Asian agri-food value chains recovered quickly and were largely resilient. Yet there is limited understanding of the drivers that enabled such recovery.
Event Blog: Agricultural Microinsurance: Opportunities and Challenges
By Akhter U. Ahmed, M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, Md. Aminul Karim, Raisa Shamma, and Julie Ghostlaw Introduction In Bangladesh, limited access to formal financial services such as agricultural microinsurance prevents smallholder farmers from investing in productive assets, adopting new technologies, and absorbing shocks. Moreover, the existing gender gap in access to agricultural finance warrants greater attention […]