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

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International food crisis stemming from Ukraine war has no quick fixes, experts say (Fox Wilmington) 

June 05, 2022


Fox Wilmington published an article stating that the war in Ukraine is fueling the food shortage, but supply chain complications stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic, rising costs, and climate issues, has compounded the crisis. According to IFPRI, Russia and Ukraine, together, considered the breadbasket of the world, accounted for nearly 30 percent of global wheat exports before the war. But Russia has attacked Ukraine’s ports and has formed a blockade against it in the Black Sea. 

 

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