Farm growth slows down (The Daily Star)

Bangladesh’s The Daily Star covered an IFPRI workshop held on Wednesday on “Developing the Seed Sector in Bangladesh: What Role for Policy.” Senior research fellow and head of IFPRI’s Dhaka office Akhter Ahmed spoke at the workshop on the need to focus on agricultural growth, and the ways technology, agricultural investments, and agri-land protections can further the sector’s growth. The sector’s yearly growth has declined from 4.7 percent in 2007-11 to 2.3 percent in 2012-16.