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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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Where is Nepal’s agricultural sector headed? (The Himalayan)

May 30, 2025


The Himalayan published an article on agricultural policies in Nepal which mentioned IFPRI’s research on the demands of contract farming in Nepal and its impact on farmers. According to the research, “lentils [are] the number one agricultural export commodity and it is the most significant pulse in terms of both area and production. It constitutes 60 per cent of the total pulses produced in the country.”

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