Rural people around the world continue to struggle with food insecurity, persistent poverty and inequality, and environmental degradation. IFPRI’s 2019 Global Food Policy Report highlights the urgency of rural revitalization to address the crisis in rural areas.

This eighth annual report also provides perspective on the major food policy issues, developments, and decisions of 2018 and highlights challenges and opportunities for 2019. Building on the global and regional evidence from the Global Food Policy Report. The seminar will focus on the role of agricultural investments and policies for revitalizing Bangladesh’s rural areas.

Welcome and Country Context

• Dr. Akhter Ahmed, Country Representative, IFPRI Bangladesh

Keynote

• Dr. Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI

Panel Discussion

Chair

• Dr. Shamsul Alam, Senior Secretary Member in the General Economics Division, Ministry of Planning

Panelists

• Dr. Hossain Zillur Rahman, Executive Chairman, Power and Participation Research Centre (PPRC)
• Dr. M. A. Sattar Mandal, Emeritus Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics; Former Vice-Chancellor, Bangladesh Agricultural University (BAU)
• Dr. Khan Ahmed Sayeed Murshid, Director General, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)
• Dr. Imran Matin, Executive Director, BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD); Country Director, International Growth Center (IGC)

Open Discussion

Reflections from Chair

Addresses by Special Guests

• Mr. Md. Nasiruzzaman, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture
• Dr. Mashiur Rahman, Economic Affairs Adviser to the Honorable Prime Minister

Address by Chief Guest and Launching the 2019 Global Food Policy Report

• Dr. Muhammad Abdur Razzaque, MP, Honorable Minister, Ministry of Agriculture