The Global Food Policy Report-2019 has highlighted Bangladesh as one of South Asia’s leaders in improving rural development indicators and food and nutrition security. It has pointed to the need for bridging persistent rural-urban development gaps by continuing to design and implement innovative development programmes that address rural needs. The International Food Policy Research Institute […]
2019 GFPR: Attract youth to agricultural sector
Severe environmental degradation, agricultural crises, and an acute shortage of jobs for a growing youth population in rural areas have emerged as the challenges for consistent development of Bangladesh, an international food policy think tank alerted yesterday. The think tank -- International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) -- launched its flagship annual publication, 2019 Global […]
2019 GFPR: Experts call for minimising rural-urban development gaps
They came up with this recommendation while launching the annual report of International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). Researchers and food policy experts have emphasized minimising persistent rural-urban development gaps by designing and implementing innovative development programs for rural revitalization. They came up with this recommendation while launching the annual report of International Food Policy […]
2019 Global Food Policy Report Launch in Dhaka (April 18)
On April 18, 2019, IFPRI organized the launch of the 2019 Global Food Policy Report (GFPR) in Dhaka, Bangladesh - the only report dedicated to reviewing food policy developments around the globe. This year's report focuses on the importance of rural revitalization in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The event highlighted several accelerators for […]
IFPRI-FAO Global Conference: Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition
IFPRI and FAO are organizing a global conference on Accelerating the End of Hunger and Malnutrition in late November 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand. This event is aligned with the imperatives of the Compact2025 initiative and the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition to make accelerated progress on hunger and undernutrition by 2025 to pave the way for achieving all […]