Farmers are registering reduced profitability from paddy cultivation due to tightening of the rural labour market and declining real prices for the cereal grain, according to a joint study by two international research organisations. The study found th... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Agricultural Microinsurance: Opportunities and Challenges
IFPRI organized the stakeholder consultation on agricultural microinsurance to discuss the existing implementational issues in the crop and the livestock insurance sector.
The post Agricultural Microinsurance: Opportunities and Challenges appeared firs... Source: IFPRI South Asia Office
Exploring mechanization in agriculture: Insights from a field visit to Tangail District
Agricultural mechanization in Bangladesh Agricultural mechanization plays a key role in increasing agricultural productivity. In Bangladesh, where agriculture is the backbone of the economy and employs more than half of the labor force, the adoption of... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
International Women’s Day: How IFPRI-Bangladesh Embraces Equity
This International Women's Day, we asked IFPRI-Bangladesh staff what this year's theme of embracing equity means to them. IFPRI researchers, administrators, and program management staff cited their work on the Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BI... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Event Blog: Agricultural Microinsurance: Opportunities and Challenges
By M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, Md. Aminul Karim , Raisa Shamma, and Julie Ghostlaw Introduction In Bangladesh, limited access to formal financial services such as agricultural microinsurance prevents smallholder farmers from investing in productive assets, ado... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
