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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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Where we work

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

2016 RESAKSS ANNUAL CONFERENCE – Achieving a Nutrition revolution for Africa: The Road to Healthier Diets and Optimal Nutrition

October 18 to 20, 2016

  • 8:00 – 6:30 pm (Africa/Accra)
  • 4:00 – 2:30 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 1:30 – 12:00 am (Asia/Kolkata)

IFPRI, in partnership with AUC, convened the 2016 ReSAKSS Annual Conference to promote review and dialogue on the CAADP implementation agenda among policymakers, development partners, researchers, advocacy groups, farmers’ organizations, private sector, and other key stakeholders from within and outside Africa. The conference took place at the Labadi Beach Hotel in Accra, Ghana on 18-20 October, 2016. The theme of the conference was “Achieving a Nutrition Revolution for Africa: The Road to Healthier Diets and Optimal Nutrition.”