IFPRI-CGIAR workshop seeks to enhance agrifood value chains and farm mechanization in Bangladesh By Razin Kabir, Md. Aminul Karim, Raisa Shamma, Md. Riad Uddin, Julie Ghostlaw On March 5, 2024, IFPRI and CGIAR, with support from the Bill & Melinda ... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Workshop explores intermediaries’ role in agri-food value chains
The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and CGIAR, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, organized a workshop on "Agri-food value chains and farm mechanization in Bangladesh" at the Six Seasons Hotel in Dhaka, Bang... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
New Working Paper: Evaluation of a livestock financing project in Bangladesh: Navigating operational, environmental, and behavioral challenges
Smallholder farmers in low- and middle-income countries have limited access to finance, due to the pau city of banks and other financial institutions in rural areas. As a result, banks and other formal financial institutions tend not to know much about... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
BLOG – Bridging the smallholder finance gap: Collaborative research with WeGro in Bangladesh
BY KATE AMBLER, MEHRAB BAKHTIAR, ALAN DE BRAUW, MOHAMMAD RIAD UDDIN Farmers in many low- and middle-income countries face a major financial gap, with available resources often insufficient to enable them to increase production—and putting many higher-v... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Nov 28: Upgrading aquaculture value chains through smallholder clusters: Reflections on emerging experience from Bangladesh
This session provides an opportunity to reflect on the potential of group-based interventions to facilitate upgrading by shrimp smallholders, and the challenges associated with doing so. Shrimp is Bangladesh’s main agricultural export and a substantial... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
