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Samuel Benin

Samuel Benin is the Acting Director for Africa in the Development Strategies and Governance Unit. He conducts research on national strategies and public investment for accelerating food systems transformation in Africa and provides analytical support to the African Union’s CAADP Biennial Review.

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IFPRI currently has more than 600 employees working in over 80 countries with a wide range of local, national, and international partners.

VAT on synthetic felt production likely to fall (Business Post) 

April 18, 2023


The Business Post (Bangladesh) published a story that cited IFPRI research. An IFPRI report states that 56 percent of Bangladesh’s fish comes from ponds. Fish farming in ponds has increased by almost six times in the last three decades.  

The current government has been providing incentives in various ways to encourage fish farming including reducing the costs of synthetic felt (a product widely used in remote areas of the country to repair damaged banks of ponds).  

Read the article.