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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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It is taking up to 2 weeks to inspect tankers carrying grain from Ukraine, causing a massive backlog of 150 ships (Yahoo News) 

October 10, 2022


Yahoo News published an article stating that the time taken to inspect Ukrainian ships carrying vital supplies of grain, fertilizer, and other foods was more than double than normal at points last month. 50 ships are currently waiting to be cleared by UN inspectors at the Black Sea Region port. Ukraine is known as Europe’s breadbasket, accounting for around 10 and 15 percent of the world’s wheat and corn production respectively between 2018 and 2020, according to IFPRI. Republished in MSNBeamStart, and Business Insider (India). 

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