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Who we are

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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What we do

Since 1975, IFPRI’s research has been informing policies and development programs to improve food security, nutrition, and livelihoods around the world.

Where we work

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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.

Together for Nutrition: West African Data Forum

Co-Organized by IFPRI, Transform Nutrition, Data DENT, UNICEF, Alive & Thrive, Countdown to 2030, National Information Platforms for Nutrition (NiPN), Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), USAID, and World Health Organization (WHO)

February 11 to 12, 2020

  • 9:00 – 5:00 pm (Africa/Dakar)
  • 4:00 – 12:00 pm (US/Eastern)
  • 2:30 – 10:30 pm (Asia/Kolkata)

The objective of this forum is to convene key actors who engage with or support the data value chain for nutrition in the West Africa region, in order to:

  • Share experiences, including achievements and challenges, in operationalizing the data value chain for nutrition.
  • Strengthen connectivity, coordination, and collaboration on data-driven nutrition-relevant action in West Africa.
  • Formulate calls for action to build the knowledge, tools, skills, and leadership needed for strengthening the data value chain for nutrition at country and regional level and identify stakeholder groups to act on these calls for action.