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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.

Regional Dialogue – Innovations for Advancing Farmer’s Use of Balanced Nutrient Application in South Asia

Co-Organized by USAID, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CIMMYT, CSISA, IFPRI, and IRRI

Crystal Hall, Hotel Yak and Yeti

Durbar Marg

Kathmandu, Nepal

September 5, 2019

  • 9:30 – 5:30 pm (Asia/Kathmandu)
  • 11:45 – 7:45 am (US/Eastern)
  • 9:15 – 5:15 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

CSISA, with additional support from USAID/Nepal funded and CIMMYT led Nepal Seed and Fertilizer Project, is organizing a Regional Dialogue on “Innovations for Advancing Farmers’ Use of Balanced Nutrient Application in South Asia” on September 5, 2019, in Kathmandu, Nepal. The primary objective of the dialogue is to learn from varied experiences of different countries in the region in promoting balanced nutrient use in agriculture.