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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.

Increasing Agricultural Productivity and Enhancing Food Security in Africa

UNECA

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

March 9, 2011

  • 11:01 – 11:01 am (US/Eastern)
  • 11:01 – 11:01 am (US/Eastern)
  • 9:31 – 9:31 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

New Challenges and Opportunities

Organized by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), in conjunction with the African Union Commission and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa

Conference Subthemes

  • Science, technology, and innovation in agriculture
  • Rural service provision and access to factors and inputs for production
  • Food reserves, markets, trade, and regional integration
  • Investments, institutions, and policies for supporting agriculture
  • Agriculture, nutrition, and health linkages
  • Agriculture and climate change mitigation and adaptation
  • Capacity development for agriculture through education and training
  • Role of agriculture and the rural nonfarm sector in economic growth and national poverty reduction
  • Regional value chains development as a pathway for increased agricultural productivity

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