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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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Innovate to increase the incomes of rural farmers (Mint)

March 01, 2018


India’s Mint published an op-ed by IFPRI’s P. K. Joshi on how innovation can be applied for sustainable agricultural development and help improve incomes for small farmers. Among Joshi’s recommendations are to build strategic cross-sectorial partnerships, harness the potential of start-ups and incentivize coroporate social responsibility(CSR) investments from the private sector, to create programs that meet the needs of the farmers. “Failing that, ongoing efforts will not yield the desired results,” Joshi said.

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