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, […]
Workshop explores intermediaries’ role in agri-food value chains
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and CGIAR, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, organized a workshop on "Agri-food value chains and farm mechanization in Bangladesh" at the Six Seasons Hotel in Dhaka, Bangladesh on Tuesday. The workshop explored the critical role of intermediaries within agri-food value chains in Bangladesh in […]
Working Paper – Evaluation of a livestock financing project in Bangladesh: Navigating operational, environmental, and behavioral challenges
Smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries have limited access to finance, due to the paucity of banks and other financial institutions in rural areas. As a result, banks and other formal financial institutions tend not to know much about farming as a business, and therefore they hesitate to extend credit to farmers. Such reluctance […]
BLOG – Bridging the smallholder finance gap: Collaborative research with WeGro in Bangladesh
Farmers in many low- and middle-income countries face a major financial gap, with available resources often insufficient to enable them to increase production—and putting many higher-value products with the greatest potential to increase incomes out of reach. Yet banks and other formal financial institutions shy away from lending to smallholder farmers. There are several reasons […]
Nov 28: Upgrading aquaculture value chains through smallholder clusters: Reflections on emerging experience from Bangladesh
This session provides an opportunity to reflect on the potential of group-based interventions to facilitate upgrading by shrimp smallholders, and the challenges associated with doing so. Shrimp is Bangladesh’s main agricultural export and a substantial contributor to the economy of southern Bangladesh, but the sector has a checkered history; beset by struggles over land and […]