The food procurement office, for the first time since 1996, has bought the highest amount of aman paddy and achieved its target of buying six lakh tonnes of the grain grown in the monsoon. It bought 6.27 lakh tonnes of aman paddy since November followi... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
Paddy of despair, farmers getting poor deal
The government’s market interventions have been largely ineffective. Bangladesh’s resilient farmers recouped the 2017 devastating flood-induced crop damages by growing more rice over the last few growing seasons including the current Boro. This high rice output brings much relief to the government that spent millions of Taka importing a record four million tons of rice […] Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office
An agricultural policy review of Egypt: First steps towards a new strategy
Yumna Kassim, Mai Mahmoud, Sikandra Kurdi, Clemens Breisinger This paper reviews agricultural and other related policies and their impact on the overall economic performance of the agricultural sector in Egypt. This stocktaking of policies is to serve as the basis for developing a more comprehensive agricultural strategy and policy framework that aligns sectoral policy objectives […] Source: IFPRI Egypt Office
High Cost, Market Risk, Poor Distribution Among Hurdles
In Bangladesh, what are the challenges of diversifying crops in a rice-centric economy?
