The Daily Star (Bangladesh) wrote an article on the status of paddy prices in the country referencing an IFPRI study. In Bangladesh rice accounts for more than 70 percent of the total annual cropped area of 1.54 crore hectares. Nearly 77 percent marginal and small farmers depend on rice for food security and their livelihoods, according to a 2015 survey by IFPRI.
The Print (India) reported on a recent study from IFPRI and the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Institute, a government agency, examined the impact of GM brinjals and found a 47 percent reduction — or $85.53 (approx. Rs 6,000)/hectare — in the expense incurred by farmers on pesticides. The quantity of pesticides used was also found to have come down by 39 percent.
Devex reported on IFPRI’s new issue brief on the forcibly displaced Rohingya.
Bangladesh’s Daily Star reported on the country’s shrinking public investment in the agricultural sector based on the proposed 2019-2020 budget.
The UK’s Telegraph published an opinion piece by Director of Development Strategy and Governance (DSGD) Paul Dorosh and Nonesident Fellow in the Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division (PHND)
In an interview with Bangladesh’s Daily Sun Akhter Ahmed discusses how public policies can strike a balance between what farmers are paid for producing rice, and providing affordable prices for consumers to purchase rice.
The Daily Sun wrote an article about IFPRI’s policy workshop titled Agricultural Transformation in Bangladesh: Evidence on Biotechnology and Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture. Senior Research Fellow Akhter Ahmed was present to share the impact of the BT Brinjal Technology in Bangladesh. The event was amplified by numerous Bangladeshi outlets.
Dhaka Tribune wrote an article about rice millers in Bangladesh over-polishing grain and taking essential micro-nutrients out of the staple crop. At the launch of the EAT-Lancet Commission Report, experts called for adopting healthy diets in the country.
National Geographic wrote an article about Bangladesh’s migration crisis as a result of climate change and soil salinity along the country’s coastline. Valerie Mueller’s research on the estimated displacement that is occurring on the coastline was included in the piece.
The Daily Star wrote an article about climate change-induced salinity affecting soil across the coastline of Bangladesh. Valerie Mueller was quoted in the article along with her research findings that show thousands of coastline residents migrating inland.