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Abul Kamar

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Abul Kamar is a Senior Research Analyst in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit, based in the South Asia Office in New Delhi. Presently, he works on the Regional Trade and Agricultural Transformation in the Bay of Bengal Countries project and the Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN Region project. His research interests include trade in agriculture, regional trade agreements, climate change, and poverty.

Prior to joining IFPRI, Abul worked with the Government of India’s Ministries of Commerce and Industry and of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, where he provided analytical inputs for India’s position on various cross-cutting issues of international trade including regional trade agreements. He holds a master’s degree in General Economics from Madras School of Economics and a bachelor’s degree with honors in Economics from Aligarh Muslim University.

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Odisha’s agricultural export footprint

2025Kamar, Abdul; Kumar Padhee, Arabinda; Pradhan, Mamata; Roy, Devesh
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Odisha’s agricultural export footprint

Odisha’s agricultural exports are rising steadily, yet they remain highly concentrated in a few products and districts. Shrimp continues to dominate, while cotton and rice are gradually emerging as important contributors. Notably, the share of agriculture in Odisha’s total merchandise exports has nearly doubled from 4% in 2021–22 to 7% in 2024–25,.

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2025

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Kamar, Abdul; Kumar Padhee, Arabinda; Pradhan, Mamata; Roy, Devesh

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Kamar, Abdul; Kumar Padhee, Arabinda; Pradhan, Mamata; and Roy, Devesh. 2025. Odisha’s agricultural export footprint. Food and Agricultural System Transformation Research Factsheet 1. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178931

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India

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Southern Asia; Asia; Trade; Exports; Shrimp Fisheries; Cotton; Rice; Agricultural Trade

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English

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Open Access

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Developing a regional cooperation strategy for scaling up climate-smart agriculture in South Asia

2025Sawhney, Aparna; Sma, Abdelkarim; Pradhan, Mamata; Kamar, Abul; Roy, Devesh
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Developing a regional cooperation strategy for scaling up climate-smart agriculture in South Asia

Climate change being a global environmental problem, a cooperative approach involving all the sovereign countries is required to achieve an optimal solution. Caused by the accumulation of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere, including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and hydrofluorocarbons, climate change has global effects that are independent of the geographical sources of these emissions. However, the adverse impacts of global warming and extreme weather events associated with climate change are not uniformly distributed, as vulnerable populations in less-developed countries bear the brunt of the damage. Some of these climate-vulnerable nations contribute less than 1 per cent of global GHG emissions, including Bhutan (0.0057%), Sri Lanka (0.072%), Nepal (0.105%), and Bangladesh (0.522%) in South Asia.

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2025

Authors

Sawhney, Aparna; Sma, Abdelkarim; Pradhan, Mamata; Kamar, Abul; Roy, Devesh

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Sawhney, Aparna; Sma, Abdelkarim; Pradhan, Mamata; Kamar, Abul; and Roy, Devesh. 2025. Developing a regional cooperation strategy for scaling up climate-smart agriculture in South Asia. IFPRI Working Paper July 2025. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute.

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Asia; Southern Asia; Climate-smart Agriculture; Climate Change; Extreme Weather Events; Greenhouse Gases; Strategies; Scaling Up

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English

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Open Access

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Opinion Piece

Spices trade needs a push

2025Kamar, Abul; Roy, Devesh; Pradhan, Mamata
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Spices trade needs a push

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2025

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Kamar, Abul; Roy, Devesh; Pradhan, Mamata

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Kamar, Abul; Roy, Devesh; and Pradhan, Mamata. 2025. Spices trade needs a push. The Hindu Businessline. Opinion published April 16, 2025. https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/opinion/spices-trade-needs-a-push/article69457507.ece

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India

Keywords

Asia; Tariffs; Agricultural Sector; Global Value Chains; Spices

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English

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Limited Access

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National Policies and Strategies

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Opinion Piece

Blogs

Informal trade: Insights from Phansidewa at the India-Bangladesh border
IFPRI Blog
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September 22, 2023

Informal trade: Insights from Phansidewa at the India-Bangladesh border

By Nisha Taneja, Sanjana Joshi, Sanya Dua, Abul Kamar, Sunil Saroj, Devesh Roy, and Mamata Pradhan

Documenting a shifting landscape of commerce.

India’s edible oil imports from Nepal: Policy implications of current tariffs and free trade agreements
IFPRI Blog
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September 12, 2023

India’s edible oil imports from Nepal: Policy implications of current tariffs and free trade agreements

By Abul Kamar, Devesh Roy, and Shahidur Rashid

Explaining a case of tariff arbitrage.

Capacity strengthening program: Building stronger agrifood trade links in the BIMSTEC region
IFPRI Blog
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March 23, 2023

Capacity strengthening program: Building stronger agrifood trade links in the BIMSTEC region

By Abul Kamar

Key takeaways from the recent event organized by IFPRI South Asia and Research and Information System for Developing Countries.

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