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Elodie Becquey is a Senior Research Fellow in the Nutrition, Diets, and Health Unit, based in IFPRI’s West and Central Africa office in Senegal. She has over 15 years of research experience in diet, nutrition, and food security in Africa, including countries such as Burkina Faso, Chad, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, and Tanzania.

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Moogdho Mahzab is a Research Fellow with the Poverty, Gender, and Inclusion Unit, based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He is a development economist with research interests in environment, health, and political economy. Prior to joining IFPRI, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford Graduate Business School and Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University. He received his PhD in Economics from the University of Viginia. He also received the U.S. Fulbright Scholarship from Bangladesh to pursue a master’s in Policy Economics at Williams College.

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Agricultural mechanization policy in Bangladesh: An assessment of the phase III support program and recommendations for reform

2025Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab; Mahzab, Moogdho; Karim, Md. Aminul; Shamma, Raisa; Belton, Ben; Talukder, Md. Ruhul Amin; Kabir, Razin; Aravindakshan, Sreejith; Krupnik, Timothy J.; Ahmed, Akhter
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Agricultural mechanization policy in Bangladesh: An assessment of the phase III support program and recommendations for reform

This report assesses Bangladesh’s Phase III agricultural mechanization support program (2020–2024), examining the distribution, impacts, and governance of subsidies for agricultural machines—particularly combine harvesters (CHs). We analyze program effectiveness and identify critical imple mentation gaps using mixed-methods research combining administrative data analysis; a representative survey of 979 Machinery Service Providers (MSPs), including 400 CH MSPs sampled across 10 districts representing Bangladesh’s major agroecological zones and mechanization intensity; panel data from over 2,000 nationally representative Boro rice–producing households; and 128 qualitative interviews to analyze program effectiveness and pinpoint critical implementation gaps.

Year published

2025

Authors

Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab; Mahzab, Moogdho; Karim, Md. Aminul; Shamma, Raisa; Belton, Ben; Talukder, Md. Ruhul Amin; Kabir, Razin; Aravindakshan, Sreejith; Krupnik, Timothy J.; Ahmed, Akhter

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Bakhtiar, M. Mehrab; Mahzab, Moogdho M.; Karim, Md. Aminul; Shamma, Raisa; Belton, Ben; Talukder, Md. Ruhul Amin; et al. 2025. Agricultural mechanization policy in Bangladesh: An assessment of the phase III support program and recommendations for reform. Climate Change X Agriculture Working Paper 1. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/176065

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Bangladesh

Keywords

Asia; Southern Asia; Agricultural Mechanization; Reforms; Subsidies; Combine Harvesters; Surveys

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English

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Open Access

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Improving practices at Bangladesh’s brick kilns: A win-win for business and the environment

2025
Brooks, Nina; Biswas, Debashish; Maithel, Sameer; Miller, Grant; Mahajan, Aprajit; Uddin, Mohammad Rofi; Ahmed, Shoeb; Mahzab, Moogdho; Rahman, Mahbubur; Luby, Stephen P.
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Improving practices at Bangladesh’s brick kilns: A win-win for business and the environment

Year published

2025

Authors

Brooks, Nina; Biswas, Debashish; Maithel, Sameer; Miller, Grant; Mahajan, Aprajit; Uddin, Mohammad Rofi; Ahmed, Shoeb; Mahzab, Moogdho; Rahman, Mahbubur; Luby, Stephen P.; Frim-Abrams, Naomi

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Brooks, Nina; Biswas, Debashish; Maithel, Sameer; Miller, Grant; Mahajan, Aprajit; Uddin, Mohammad Rofi; et al. 2025. Improving practices at Bangladesh’s brick kilns: A win-win for business and the environment. VoxDev. Article published online May 12, 2025. https://voxdev.org/topic/energy-environment/improving-practices-bangladeshs-brick-kilns-win-win-business-and

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Bangladesh

Keywords

Asia; Southern Asia; Air Pollution; Business Management; Coal; Climate Change; Drying Kilns; Environment

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English

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Open Access

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Opinion Piece

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Journal Article

Reducing emissions and air pollution from informal brick kilns: Evidence from Bangladesh

2025Brooks, Nina; Biswas, Debashish; Maithel, Sameer; Miller, Grant; Mahajan, Aprajit; Uddin, M. Rofi; Ahmed, Shoeb; Mahzab, Moogdho; Rahman, Mahbubur; Luby, Stephen P.
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Reducing emissions and air pollution from informal brick kilns: Evidence from Bangladesh

We present results from a randomized controlled trial in Bangladesh that introduced operational practices to improve energy efficiency and reduce emissions in 276 “zigzag” brick kilns. Of all intervention kilns, 65% adopted the improved practices. Treatment assignment reduced energy use by 10.5% ( P -value <0.001) and decreased CO 2 and PM 2.5 emissions by 171 and 0.45 metric tons, respectively, per kiln per year. Valuing the CO 2 reductions using a social cost of carbon of 185 USD per metric ton, we find that the social benefits outweigh costs by a factor of 65 to 1. The intervention, which required no new capital investment, also decreased fuel costs and increased brick quality. Our results demonstrate the potential for privately profitable, as well as publicly beneficial, improvements to address environmental problems in informal industries.

Year published

2025

Authors

Brooks, Nina; Biswas, Debashish; Maithel, Sameer; Miller, Grant; Mahajan, Aprajit; Uddin, M. Rofi; Ahmed, Shoeb; Mahzab, Moogdho; Rahman, Mahbubur; Luby, Stephen P.

Citation

Brooks, Nina; Biswas, Debashish; Maithel, Sameer; Miller, Grant; Mahajan, Aprajit; Uddin, M. Rofi; et al. 2025. Reducing emissions and air pollution from informal brick kilns: Evidence from Bangladesh. Science 388(6747): eadr7394. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adr7394

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Bangladesh

Keywords

Asia; Southern Asia; Air Pollution; Drying Kilns; Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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English

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Limited Access

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Delivering for Nutrition in South Asia: Towards Impact at Scale
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Delivering for Nutrition in South Asia: Towards Impact at Scale

South Asia continues to face an enduring burden of malnutrition in all its forms—undernutrition, micronutrient deficiencies, and a steady increase in overweight and obesity and non-communicable diseases. Over 1 billion people in South Asia cannot afford a healthy diet. While many promising solutions have emerged, translating them into sustained, large-scale impact remains a challenge. This […]