International Open Data Day 2020: Crowdsourcing Global Insights from National Data in Bangladesh By Akhter Ahmed and Julie Ghostlaw Introduction Collecting and sharing data and other information publicly is crucial for researchers, policy makers, and d... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Government measures to drive paddy prices up: nothing’s working
The government had announced a 20 percent incentive on rice export and a Tk 3,000 crore subsidy for farmers to buy agro tools. It had also doubled duties on rice import and nearly tripled its paddy procurement from farmers. But none of these measures could push paddy prices up in the last three months. Boro […] Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
INFOGRAPHIC: USAID Feed the Future Changes from Baseline to Endline
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Seminar on Changes from Baseline to Endline in the Feed the Future Zone (Jul 23)
On July 23, 2019, the Bangladesh Policy Research and Strategy Support Program (PRSSP) and the US Agency for International Development (USAID) are co-organizing an interactive review of changes of selected indicators from 2011/12 baseline to 2018/19 endline for the Feed the Future (FTF) Zone of Influence, using data from two rounds of PRSSP’s Bangladesh Integrated […] Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Proper policy needed for ensuring fair paddy price
The government should create a balance between the paddy price at the farm and the retail level to ensure that the farmers get fair price of their produce and the consumers can also buy rice at affordable prices. “Lower paddy price causes sufferings to the farmers and at the same time, high rice price also […] Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
