Food is the most important basic need for sustenance and survival, and the right to food is among the fundamental human rights.
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Securing Food for All in Bangladesh presents an array of research that collectively addresses four broad issues: (1) agricultural technology adoption; (2) input use and agricultural productivity; (3) food security and output markets; and (4) pover
There are two strands in the socioeconomic literature on aquaculture.
Despite declining arable agricultural land, Bangladesh has made substantial progress in boosting domestic food production, improving access to food by increasing household income, and enhancing nutritional outcomes
Since Bangladesh’s independence in 1971, the country’s population has more than doubled to over 160 million in 2016.
While Bangladesh has had reactionary responses to the newer waves of COVID-19, it is projected that the country could face severe consequences if the Delta variant detected in May 2021 spreads.
Women’s empowerment and gender equality in agricultural value chains: Evidence from four countries in Asia and Africa
Women play important roles at different nodes of both agricultural and off-farm value chains, but in many countries their contributions are either underestimated or limited by prevailing societal norms or gender-specific barriers.
Migration, labor and women’s empowerment: Evidence from an agricultural value chain in Bangladesh
As a substantial portion of the rural labor force migrates to urban areas, it is commonly assumed that women could take over traditionally male tasks in agricultural production, with potentially empowering outcomes for women.
From December 6-10, 2020, USAID organized and IFPRI facilitated five virtual stakeholder consultation workshops on agricultural research and biotechnology, bringing together relevant stakeholders involved in crop and non-crop agriculture from Bari
Does market inclusion empower women? Evidence from Bangladesh
Increased market inclusion through participation in agricultural value chains may increase employment and household incomes, but evidence on its empowerment impacts is mixed.
Many development agencies are designing and implementing value chain interventions that aim to reach, benefit, and empower rural women.
Funded under the Feed the Future (FTF) Initiative, the Bangladesh Agricultural Value Chains (AVC) project was implemented by Development Alternatives International (DAI) and strove to improve food and nutrition security through strengthened agricu
Migration, labor, and women’s empowerment: Evidence from an agricultural value chain in Bangladesh
As a substantial portion of the rural labor force migrates to urban areas, it is commonly assumed that women could take over traditionally male tasks in agricultural production, with potentially empowering outcomes for women.
Ensuring that women’s contributions to food systems are recognized—by their families, communities, policymakers, and society more broadly—and that women can make strategic choices about their involvement in food systems has benefits for all of soc
Food and agricultural trade among different parts of the world can increase access to a wider variety and better quality of agricultural inputs and foods to farmers and consumers at lower prices and increase incomes of farmers and other participan
Funded under the Feed the Future (FTF) Initiative, the Bangladesh Agricultural Value Chains (AVC) project being implemented by Development Alternatives International (DAI) is working to improve food (and nutrition) security through strengthened ag
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A4NH 2016 annual report
In its 5th year of Phase I, A4NH has validated its core areas of research, taking many to scale while also broadening its Phase II portfolio