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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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Appetite For Rice On Wane (The Daily Star)

October 23, 2017


Bangladesh’s The Daily Star reported on the recently released Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) 2016 that showed rising income helped people diversify diets, reducing dependence on staples such as rice. The article quoted IFPRI-Bangladesh’s Akhter Ahmed who explained dietary diversification is essential from a nutritional standpoint, and rising consumption of chicken and eggs is good.

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