In November 2023, IFPRI, WorldFish, Michigan State University, and Bangladesh Agricultural University co-authored the article, "Transformation of the feed supply segment of the aquaculture value chain in Bangladesh," which was published in Aquaculture for open access. Abstract The rapid growth of aquaculture in Bangladesh over the past three decades has been facilitated by increasing supplementary […]
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.
Book Launching: “The Making of a Blue Revolution”
Rapid growth in Bangladesh’s aquaculture production has lowered fish prices, increased protein consumption, and reduced poverty. What has driven this transformation? On October 27, 3:30 PM - 5:20 PM Dhaka time, IFPRI launched the new book, The Making of a Blue Revolution: Enablers, Impacts, and the Path Ahead for Aquaculture in Dhaka. Read more & Livestream […]
Bangladesh’s Blue Revolution Opens Up New Avenue for Developing Countries
It is well recognized that Bangladesh has been vigorously executing large scale development projects to maintain its phenomenal growth rate of 8.2%. What is less known is that its small-scale sector has not been neglected and that this sector is also pulling itself by the bootstraps to be a major player in the country’s economic […]
Fish Revolution in Bangladesh
Scientists from the United States, the United Kingdom, India, China, Ethiopia, Guatemala, and Bangladesh, led by now IFPRI's Director of South Asia Dr. Shahidur Rashid, conducted research on fish farming in Bangladesh, which is the first of its kind. The study, which began in 2014 and continued until 2018, showed that three decades ago, fish […]