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Lilia Bliznashka

Lily Bliznashka is a Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit. Her research focuses on assessing the effectiveness of multi-input nutrition-sensitive and nutrition-specific interventions and the mechanisms through which they work to improve maternal and child health and nutrition globally. She has worked in Burkina Faso, Burundi, Tanzania, and Uganda.

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

May 04, 2026


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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