জলবায়ু পরিবর্তনের প্রভাবে বিশ্বে খাদ্য উৎপাদন নানাভাবে ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত হচ্ছিল। এর মধ্যেই কয়েক বছর ধরে অনেক দেশের অর্থনীতিতে মন্দাবস্থা চলছে। এমন পরিস্থিতিতে ২০২০ সালে করোনা মহামারি ছড়িয়ে পড়লে তৈরি হয় নতুন সংকট। গত বছর শুরু হওয়া রাশিয়া–ইউক্রেন যুদ্ধ সেই সংকটকে আরও ঘনীভূত করে তুলেছে। এই চার সংকটে বাংলাদেশের মতো উন্নয়নশীল দেশগুলো কৃষি ও খাদ্যশস্য নিয়ে পড়েছে […]
Real-time monitoring of imports, national supply for key commodities needed
Bangladesh should conduct real-time monitoring of imports and national supply chains for critical commodities to forecast and respond in a timely manner to policy challenges and tackle the impacts of the dragging Russia-Ukraine war, said Johan Swinnen, director-general of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). "This should be accompanied by efforts to reduce post-harvest […]
Food diplomacy, active private sector keys to sourcing goods
Food diplomacy is now crucial for sourcing food-grains and other essentials, as there is no visible shortage of such commodities in the globe, international experts observed on Sunday. The observation came on the occasion of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signing between the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Bay of Bengal Initiative […]
Welcome IFPRI’s New Director General
IFPRI is pleased to welcome as its new Director General Jo Swinnen, an agricultural economist with more than 30 years of experience in policy-relevant research. READ MORE: https://www.ifpri.org/profile/johan-swinnen
Lessons from a Life in Food Policy
For 15 years, I had lived in a small village in southeastern China. We did not recognize malnutrition when we saw it, because to us it looked normal. We were all malnourished. Now, as I look back on my past decade as director general of the International Food Policy Research Institute, I can see how […]