March 5, 2024, Dhaka, Bangladesh – The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and CGIAR, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, convened a workshop on “Agri-food value chains and farm mechanization in Bangladesh” at th... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Global Food 50/50 Launch Event (March 7)
Global Health 50/50, IFPRI, and UN Women Launch Event When: Mar 7, 9:00 – 10:30 PM (EST) More details and register: https://www.ifpri.org/event/global-food-5050-launch-event-0 The 2023/2024 report on the gender- and equity-related policies & prac... 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
2023 Global Food Policy Report: Rethinking Food Crisis Responses
Economic crises, epidemics, conflicts, and extreme weather events can wreak havoc on food systems, in particular when several of these shocks overlap. Food system shocks risk increasing food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition, and can disrupt livelih... 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
