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Ahmed Akhter

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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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Africa Food Systems Forum 2025 Summit

Africa’s Youth: Leading Collaboration, Innovation and Implementation of Agri-Food Systems Transformation

Dakar

Senegal

August 31 to September 5, 2025

  • 9:00 – 5:00 pm (Africa/Dakar)
  • 5:00 – 1:00 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 2:30 – 10:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)
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The Africa Food Systems Forum will host its annual summit in Dakar, Senegal, from August 31 to September 5, 2025.

Africa’s Food Systems Forum, formerly AGRF, is the world’s premier forum for African agriculture and food systems, bringing together stakeholders to take practical actions and share lessons that will move African food systems forward. Africa Food Systems Forum is designed to energize political will and advance the policies, programs, and investments required to achieve an inclusive and sustainable food systems transformation.

For more information about AFSF, please click HERE.

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