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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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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

WFP Chad Country Brief, December 2020 (Relief Web)

January 20, 2021


Relief Web published an article stating that the Chadian Government, due to recent spikes in COVID-19, have closed the capital city, the airport, and the country’s borders. This lockdown has meant citizens of Chad are food insecure, and in a health and financial crisis. Chronic malnutrition is also high, affecting one in three children in Chad. The Government of Chad with several international organizations including IFPRI are collaborating in the development of the home-grown school feeding program. The program aims to provide school children with healthy, varied, and complete-diet school meals prepared using local farm products. 

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