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With research staff from more than 60 countries, and offices across the globe, IFPRI provides research-based policy solutions to sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition in developing countries.

Ahmed Akhter

Akhter Ahmed

Akhter Ahmed is a Senior Research Fellow in the IFPRI’s Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit and Country Representative for IFPRI Bangladesh. He has worked on strategies for agricultural and rural development, social protection, and women’s empowerment to reduce poverty, food insecurity, and undernutrition in developing countries including Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Malawi, the Philippines, and Turkey.

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Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

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Social Media Toolkit for GFPR 2025

Facebook/LinkedIn:  📢The 2025 Global Food Policy Report is now online!  The @International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)’s #GFPR2025—a special edition marking the Institute’s 50th anniversary—examines the evolution and impact of food policy research and assesses how it can better equip policymakers to meet future challenges and opportunities:  💻 Explore the website here: https://www.ifpri.org/global-food-policy-report/  📘 Read […]


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Gaza’s worsening food crisis and troubled path to reconstruction

More than 2 million face acute food insecurity.



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From Relief to Resilience in Somalia: Harnessing Research to Inform Social Protection Policy and Practice

Policymakers and program implementers in Somalia are increasingly recognizing the importance of complementing short-term support in the form of cash or in-kind transfers with interventions targeting longer-term development goals and poverty exit, a goal that cuts across both more traditional social protection systems and programming targeting internally displaced people. This webinar will bring together representatives […]




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Models as assets for food security: The impacts of IFPRI’s IMPACT, RIAPA, and SPAM models

Essential tools for shaping policies and decisions.


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Beyond the hype: Centering humans in CGIAR’s genAI research

Realizing the potential and minimizing the risks of a promising new technology.


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Generative AI for Food Systems: A Skills Workshop for Researchers

This opening webinar launches IFPRI’s new series, AI for Food Systems Research. The series explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is being integrated into food, agriculture, and development research, with a focus on building the skills and critical understanding needed to use these tools responsibly. As outlined in the recent blog post, AI—and more recently, the expanding […]


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Africa Food Systems Forum 2025 Summit

Africa’s Youth: Leading Collaboration, Innovation and Implementation of Agri-Food Systems Transformation

The Africa Food Systems Forum will host its annual summit in Dakar, Senegal, from August 31 to September 5, 2025. Africa’s Food Systems Forum, formerly AGRF, is the world’s premier forum for African agriculture and food systems, bringing together stakeholders to take practical actions and share lessons that will move African food systems forward. Africa […]


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Fertilizer, soil health, and economic shocks: Policy lessons learned from recent events

Organized by IFPRI and Food Policy

Please type your questions into the chat box with name, affiliation, and country. The event video, presenter slides, and podcast will be available in the days following the event. Join us for a discussion of key findings from a recent special issue of Food Policy exploring the complex interactions between fertilizer use, soil health management, […]


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Food Policy: Lessons and Priorities for a Changing World

Foreword Since IFPRI’s founding in 1975, its work has emphasized the importance of an enabling policy environment for agricultural growth, better livelihoods, and improved food security, nutrition, and well-being for all. The central role of policy in shaping our agrifood systems is now widely recognized, with the Institute’s role serving as a continued testament to […]


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2025 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting

IFPRI is participating in the 2025 Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) Annual Meeting on July 27– July 29, 2025. The Agricultural & Applied Economics Association (AAEA) is a not-for-profit association serving the professional interests of members working in agricultural and broadly related fields of applied economics. AAEA members are primarily employed by academic departments […]



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4th International Conference on Financing for Development

IFPRI is pleased to participate in the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4). This conference provides a unique opportunity to reform financing at all levels, including to support reform of the international financial architecture and addressing financing challenges preventing the urgently needed investment push for the SDGs. FFD4 Conference will be held in […]


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Applying the Women’s Empowerment Metric in National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) to build gender equity

A tool to collect key data sometimes missing from household surveys.


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New U.S. tariff policies: What’s at stake for sub-Saharan Africa?

Risks and possible benefits of a chaotic global trade environment.



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Joseph Nagoli

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EconPol Annual Conference 2025

Adaptation to Climate Change

Climate policy debates tend to focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions, the primary cause of climate change. However, climate change is expected to continue even under the most optimistic emission scenarios, inflicting severe damage. Across Europe, increasingly frequent and more severe flooding is causing significant physical damage, while rising temperatures and droughts are leading to […]