Every year, the U.S. Government's Feed the Future initiative releases a summary of its biggest accomplishments. This year, Feed the Future recognized IFPRI's Bt brinjal study in Bangladesh, which evaluated the impacts of genetically engineered brinjal, or eggplant, on various outcomes. IFPRI researchers found that Bt brinjal cultivation increased crop yields, farmers' incomes, and decreased […]
Youth Essay Contest, “Healthy Food, Bright Future”
YOUTH ESSAY CONTEST "Healthy Food, Bright Future" স্বাস্থ্যকর খাবার খেলে, উজ্জ্বল ভবিষ্যৎ মেলে The International Food Policy Research Institute Research Institute (IFPRI) invites Bangladeshi teens (ages 12-18) to write an essay on what healthy food and a bright future mean to you. Please answer the following questions in your essay: What are healthy foods? How […]
Discussion Paper: Impacts of Bt Brinjal (Eggplant) in Bangladesh
A new discussion paper from IFPRI researchers Akhter Ahmed, John Hoddinott, Nusrat Hossain, and Naveen Abedin assesses the impacts of genetically modified eggplant, Bt brinjal, on economic and health outcomes in Bangladesh using a cluster randomized controlled trial design. The study finds that Bt brinjal reduces the cost of pesticide use, the use of pesticides […]
South Asian Biosafety Conference – Keynote on Bt Brinjal Study
Under the South Asia Biosafety Program, the ILSI Research Foundation and Biotech Consortium India Limited organized the annual South Asia Biosafety Conference (SABP) from September 14-16, 2019 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. This conference provides a forum to hear from leading scientists representing regulatory agencies, public sector research institutions, and the private sector in South Asia and […]
Seminar on Changes from Baseline to Endline in the Feed the Future Zone
On July 23, 2019, the Bangladesh Policy Research and Strategy Support Program (PRSSP) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) co-organized an interactive review of changes of selected indicators from 2011/12 baseline to 2018/19 endline for the Feed the Future (FTF) Zone of Influence, using data from two rounds of PRSSP’s Bangladesh Integrated Household […]
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