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Lilia Bliznashka

Lily Bliznashka is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Her research focuses on assessing the effectiveness of multi-input nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions and the mechanisms through which they work to improve maternal and child health and nutrition globally. She has worked in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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Surging Onion Prices in Bangladesh

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The following is an excerpted version of a story originally published on the IFPRI South Asia website.

Onion prices have reached all-time high, not only in India but also in Bangladesh, and it’s mostly pinching the pockets of the country’s low-income population. According to The New Age, onion prices jumped by Tk 15-20, per kg domestically supplied onions were selling at Tk 80-90 per kg, while imported onions were selling at Tk 90-95 per kg on the retail market in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Continue reading story on IFPRI South Asia website.

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