Senior research fellow and country representative, Akhter Ahmed writes in an op-ed for the Financial Express (Bangladesh) that the country "

The Dhaka Tribune published a review and comments from a roundtable on "Food Security for Sustainable Development" held in Bangladesh.

The Daily Star (Bangladesh) published an article stating that farmers are dealing with one crisis after another: floods, low rainfall, and then fertilizer price hikes.

Daily Sun (Bangladesh) published an article on the need for an agricultural commodity price commission to ensure a stable price environment for growers and farmers. Bumper production does not always bring b

Daily Star (Bangladesh) published an article on how Prolonged and multiple monsoon floods have disrupted cultivation of Aman paddy, which provides around 36 percent of total rice production in the country. Sen

Daily Sun published an article on the launch event on 2020 Global Food Policy Report in the South Asian context. In South Asia, social safety net programmes can be effective platforms for making food systems inclusive.

Daily Star (Bangladesh) reported on how the government has been able to buy a very insignificant quantity against its target this year, raising concerns that efforts to provide food to the poor amid the COVID-19 crisis mig

Daily Star (Bangladesh) published an article on the government's plan to buy food grains to shield the poor against hunger amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dhaka Tribune published an 

Dhaka Tribune reported on recommendations to strengthen food systems in the wake of COVID-19.

Daily Star (Bangladesh) published an article on the rice market and how the government plans to double Boro paddy procurement amid outbreak but farmers doubt if it will benefit all of them. The government has engage

Prothom Alo (Bangladesh)  published an 

The Daily Star (Bangladesh) reported on the Bangladesh government’s highest purchase (since 1996) of aman paddy (since 1996). Country Director and Senior Research Fellow Akhter Ahmed said, “It is commendable. This shows that the government can buy paddy if it has willingness.

The Daily Star (Bangladesh) reported on the cost of rice paddy and the effect it has on struggling farmers.

AgriLinks (USA) published an op-ed by Senior Research Fellow Akhter Ahmed outlining the results from an independent impact evaluation, Impacts of Bt Brinjal (Eggplant) Technology in Bangladesh, to determine the impacts of Bt brinjal on pest in

The Financial Express (India) published an op-ed by Abdul Bayer who wrote it’s time to pay more attention to non-rice crops.

Bangladesh’s Daily Star reported on the country’s shrinking public investment in the agricultural sector based on the proposed 2019-2020 budget.

Bangladesh's Daily Prothom Alo reported on

In an interview with Bangladesh’s Daily Sun Akhter Ahmed discusses how public policies can strike a balance between what farmers are paid for producing rice, and providing affordable prices for consumers to purchase rice.

The Daily Sun wrote an article about IFPRI’s policy workshop titled Agricultural Transformation in Bangladesh: Evidence on Biotechnology and Nutrition-Sensitive Agriculture.