Farmers are registering reduced profitability from paddy cultivation due to tightening of the rural labour market and declining real prices for the cereal grain, according to a joint study by two international research organisations. The study found that real agricultural wages have been rising gradually as people are moving out to non-farm sectors. Between 2011 […]
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.
Blog: Expert consultation workshop on shrimp value chain in Bangladesh
by Razin Iqbal Kabir (IFPRI), Mohammad Mahfujul Haque (BAU), and Sudha Narayanan (IFPRI) A decade ago, there was much to cheer about Bangladesh’s shrimp export performance. In recent years however, the promise of a shrimp boom has faded, and the sector seems to be at an impasse. Annual value of exports is still at 1997 levels […]
New Publication: Shocks and the determinants of resilience: Fish and shrimp value chains in Bangladesh after Covid-19
New Publication In March 2023, IFPRI researchers Razin Kabir, Muhammad Nahian Bin Khaled, Sudha Narayanan, and Shahidur Rashid published the article, "Shocks and the determinants of resilience: Fish and shrimp value chains in Bangladesh after Covid-19" in Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy. Abstract There is little systematic evidence on the resilience of South Asian agri-food […]
Quiet Revolution in Aquaculture
Bangladesh has had a 25-fold growth in the farmed fish market over the last three decades.