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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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Poultry industry faces jeopardy (Bangla Tribune)

February 28, 2020


Bangla Tribune reported on the poultry industry including production and consumption of eggs. Due to rise of the price of raw materials, advance income tax and corporate tax, the poultry industry is in jeopardy. Poultry businessmen have requested tax exemption till 2030. An IFPRI study about egg consumption stated that an adult person should consume 104 eggs on average per year but adults in Bangladesh eat only 50-60 eggs.

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