A new five-year program working with the Bangladesh Ministry of Food opens its doors.
Ministry and Partners Inaugurate Innovative Food Security Research Program
Five-year research program integrates all aspects of food policy to enhance food security across Bangladesh. Dhaka, Bangladesh, December 6, 2016 – The Ministry of Food announced Tuesday a new comprehensive food security research program, together with the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), and University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. About […]
Designing More Profitable Agricultural Enterprise
Agricultural technologies such as genetically modified crops have potential to advance agricultural development and food security, but the effects on farmer profits and consumer and producer health outcomes are not well understood. To help fill this knowledge gap, IFPRI designed an experimental study to evaluate the impacts of Bt eggplant. From November 21—25, PRSSP researchers […]
Improving Social Safety Nets
Social safety nets combined with nutrition behavior-change communication reduces childhood stunting.
Field Visit for Agricultural Technologies Study
Agricultural technologies offer new opportunities for improving agricultural production, consumption, farmer incomes, and livelihoods. Tapping into this potential, PRSSP researchers and the Bangladesh government are in the early stages of designing an impact evaluation study on genetically modified eggplant varieties. In November 2016, the research team will visit Jessore in southern Bangladesh to lay the […]